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jeffinbville
Explorer | Level 4
6 months ago

Windows (10) keeps telling me that Dropbox wants to change files on my machine

Windows (10) keeps telling me that Dropbox wants to change files on my machine. I get the Account Protection security pop-up window multiple times a day and sometimes there'll be dozens of them in th...
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Hannah
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Thanks, jeffinbville.

 

It seems that you are using the beta version of the app (xxx.3.xxxx), which might not give you the most seamless experience of the app.

 

Can you turn off the "early releases" option here and then simply reinstall the app from this link and let me know if it helps?

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jeffinbville
Explorer | Level 4
6 months ago

Okay. All that is done. I guess if you don't hear from me again soon it's been resolved.

Thanks for your response.

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