You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.
Overlay icons and company managed computer
Hi, I am managing a few computers with Microsoft Intune. When I install Dropbox on managed computers, I always check that everything has synced and that it is on the latest stable Dropbox version. But about 6 months ago the Dropbox overlay icons started disappearing from explorer and the OneDrive icons started appearing instead. I Tried to change the position in the register so they are at the top, but it did not work. I Reinstalled Dropbox several times and with different versions. I have turned off OneDrive on the computers. So my question is, are there any known settings/policies in Intune that I may have forgotten to turn off/on? Or is there anything else that I may have missed?
File for automatically ignoring folders/files for sync
Currently the only way to exclude from dropbox sync is via the GUI as far as I understand. This is extremely cumbersome, because if you are writing code in a directory there are many reasons to want to exclude folders/files such as "node_modules" which can be quite large and hundreds of files while syncing the rest. Adding a ".dropboxignore", similar to a ".gitignore" file that enables direct or glob-like pattern matching exclusions would go a long way to enhance the experience for users, as well as significantly reducing the burden on your servers.Files and Folders that don't show up in Windows File Explorer
I have a shared folder that I can see only by using my web browser, and it doesn't show up in Windows File Explorer. I have another shared folder that shows up in Windows File Explorer, but most of the files are missing. I got the person who shared the folders with me to delete them and create new ones. The new ones have the same problems. How do I fix this?
Newly added documents don't show up on our Dropbox.
We are having a problem where new documents being added to our DropBox are not showing up. The person who added the documents can see them but no one else can. I can't tell what documents are and are not syncing either. Right now some of our documents from 2 months ago aren't showing up.
Is there a way to have my Dropbox sync between a certain time frame?
I'm looking for a solutions for one of my coworkers. His issue is that when he compiles code dfuring the hours of 8am-5pm he doesn't want the drop box to try and sync open files that he's working on. Is there a soulution or method to have the sync to happen at 5pm and then shut down the app at 7am the following morning?
How does the Back button work in Windows Explorer?
Our CEO uses Dropbox and recently we witness a issue I'm not seeing a resolution for here. He stated that it started within the last couple weeks, but when navigating DropBox folders when using the back arrow it will sometimes take him to a random folder in DropBox. He has hundreds of folders and some 6+ subfolders deep. It will take him to a folder when he is trying to go back that is not in the same subfolder and he has to start back at the root folder of Dropbox.
Allow automated folders to be duplicated with the automation in the duplicates
Would it be possible to duplicate folders with automation in them, aside from performing them manually? Would love to create an "automation" that can easily be added to new folders created, or simply copy over when duplicating an existing folder.
