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Getting notifications about online-only files, with Google Drive/OneDrive active
I have a regular DropBox account that I've been using for many years. This afternoon, it suddenly started giving my this very same notification every 30 seconds or so. It doesn't tell me which file...
Jay
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHI Bill_Richards, if you look in the Dropbox folder in Explorer, do you see any files or folders without the green syncing icon on them?
- I have the same issue as Bill. All my files are local (when I go to the online only section of the app it shows nothing online only) and everything in the dropbox folder has a green check. Logged onto my computer this morning (didn’t use it yesterday) and nonstop notifications that “these files are online only”. I tried restarting the Dropbox app, restarting my whole computer, etc. this is on windows 10.
No, they all have the green sync icon:
- Nancy
Hi Bill_Richards! Out of curiosity, are you using any other cloud services/apps on your computer that could be interfering with Dropbox?
I use Google Drive as well, but I've been using that for years. This problem just started suddenly for no apparent reason yesterday.
