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How to permanently stop the auto-backup of USB connected temp drives (W7)
How can I permanently configure DropBox to NOT try and backup every single USB drive I connect to the computer and thus depositing its little .dropbox.device file into the root folder without permission?
I've been right through all the settings of the desktray application and there appears to be no conventional way of stopping this infuriating behaviour. Is there an undocumented switch on startup or registry key I can manually enter to permanently kill this annoyance? I will never want to employ this feature and never asked for it, so any permanent solution would be greatly appreciated.
- Megan
Dropbox Staff
Hi Dibrom, I hope you're doing well!
If you open your app's Preferences, and then click the Backups tab, do you see the settings there?
If you don't want to set-up the new feature, you should click on 'Don't ask me again' and then 'Not now'.
Thanks![quote]If you open your app's Preferences, and then click the Backups tab, do you see the settings there?[/quote]
Yes
[quote]If you don't want to set-up the new feature, you should click on 'Don't ask me again' and then 'Not now'.[/quote]
and therein lies the problem. There is no option of "Don't ask me again" neither outside nor inside the Backups tab. Nowhere.
