Same issue.
Easy workaround : just pause Dropbox sync while you're doing the renaming work, then unpause once you've finished.
","body@stringLength":"169","rawBody":"Same issue.
Easy workaround : just pause Dropbox sync while you're doing the renaming work, then unpause once you've finished.
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Basically, Windows File Explorer redraws the window every time Dropbox (or any other cloud storage service, really) syncs. If that happens while renaming a file, boom, you get this obnoxious problem. Drives me nuts. I've lost count of the number of times that I've accidentally overwritten the name of an entire file or folder and had to frantically change it back. Dropbox staff, I would be forever grateful to you if you solved this issue.
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I hope it helps others while this problem remains.
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One question on your code, you have it set to trigger on Ctrl + R, however this is the 'refresh window' shortcut, do you find that causes any issues?
Just wondering if a different trigger key would be more useful, or if it isn't a problem to begin with?
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Sep 17, 2020, 11:38 PM PDT:
Currently, the Engineering team are unable to provide an exact timeframe as to when the file renaming issue will be fixed. For the moment, the workaround is to pause syncing and then rename the files.
We'll make sure to let you know once an update becomes available.
So glad I discovered this thread, been having this issue as well ( Windows 10, Dropbox v106.4.368 ). For what it's worth, it seems to only happen when the file is newly placed or renamed in dropbox - just within the last few seconds. At least now I know what's happening and have a simple enough work-around to help ease the frustration. Hope this helps other folks out.
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Very inconvenient to have dropbox turned off all the time :(
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I threw in the towel, and migrated my cloud storage over to OneDrive, completely removing the Dropbox desktop app from my Windows 10 PC. Others have noted that OneDrive experiences similar problems, but does it still happen when Dropbox is not installed? Not for me!
With the Dropbox desktop app completely removed from Windows 10 PC, the problem complained of at length in this thread as well as other significant sync/performance/CPU usage issues I was experiencing with both Dropbox and OneDrive are now COMPLETELY GONE. It is now quite clear to me that the Dropbox desktop app causes significant performance problems that affect not only Dropbox, but OneDrive as well. These problems are particularly apparent on lower performance CPUs, and Dropbox personnel are apparently not capable of resolving these issues.
Good luck to the rest of you who keep the Dropbox desktop app installed on a Windows PC. I'm done.
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Have cautiously retested when it DIDN'T happen and can confirm I haven't been caught out by this bug for a while now.
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If you can't fix it, tell us.
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Hey there samuelguerin!
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As mentioned here, our team are indeed aware of the issue and would like to investigate further into this via our Support channel.
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If you'd like to do so, please let me know and I'd be happy to reach out and create a ticket for you. Thanks!
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Windows 10 20H2
Dropbox 112.4.321
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