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8147 TopicsHow can I save hard drive space, if I can't use the online only option?
How can I use Dropbox to save hard disc space? I have a contract which gives me 2tbts of whi9ch little is used. I am unable to make files 'Online only' because I am not given the option to do so at the right click stage. I gather this is because of the Windows icon overlay system which requires me to enter the registry to fix. I do not have admin permission to change the registry. Any advice will be welcomed. Thanks in anticipation. TH22Views0likes2CommentsSync results under "Your Activity" show yesterday's synced files not today's.
I can see syncing occurring with the dropbox notification icon on the Mac. When I look, syncing runs. When it completes, instead of showing what was just synced, it only shows files synced the previous day under the Yesterday heading. Those synced today or moments ago ought to show up under the Today heading, but nothing ever shows there. To be clear, the recently synced files do not show up under Yesterday, either. This seems like a bug. Because dropbox sometimes takes time to get around to syncing on the desktop, I need to be able to check if it recently synced any files. This behavior of never displaying recently synced files in the Your Activity list is disappointing. The image was captured mid-day, less than 10 minutes after syncing a dozen files. Note that Yesterday heading shows files underneath. The Today heading shows none of the files just synced.132Views0likes16Comments"Installation failed. The Dropbox installation failed to start" error on Windows 11
Dropbox has worked fine for many years on my Lenovo Thinkpad X1, then suddenly stopped working. The link on the start menu became inactive. Starting Dropbox from dropbox.exe directly said the installation was corrupt. I have downloaded the Installer and the Off-line installer and both give the message "Installation failed. The Dropbox installation failed to start". Turning off the Microsoft Firewall and Anti-Virus makes no difference. There is no VPN installed. Window 11 has all the updates. Also I have uninstalled Dropbox from my computer and tried to reinstall, again the Dropbox installation will not start. At each stage my computer has been rebooted. My datafile to which Dropbox is attached remains intact. It seems I not the only person suffering this problem, but no final solution seems to be offered. I wondered about searching my registry to delete any references to Dropbox. Can anyone suggest a solution?25Views0likes4CommentsWOPI Version of .xlsm files opening in Desktop App. Why is this happening?
Hello, With zero support from Dropbox Advanced support, I'm hoping as a community anyone can provide some guidance. I have a user in my organization who in the desktop app cannot open and edit xlsm files, no one else in our organization has this issue. According to ChatGPT, the file(s) and not corrupted and it is not a Microsoft issue. All xlsm files for this user are offline files. I employed autoruns and unchecked some Dropbox extensions to force open xlsm files as 'local' files without Dropbox trying to open the WOPI version, which is unusable. We have thousands xlsm files we use daily, and cannot nor should have to copy each file over to this users' desktop and copy them back to the desktop app as that is a huge waste of time. I'm confused why he is the only user that is impacted this way and hoping someone can provide some solutions so this user can use xlsm files in the desktop just like the rest of us. Thank you in advanced.35Views0likes3CommentsUnable to install the desktop app on Fedora 41.
I need to install the Desktop App for Selective Sync. I've downloaded the Fedora rpm and installed it. I installs a filemanager. When I click on the 'open dropbox app' the screen blinks and is redisplayed. What are the steps for installing the Dropbox app? ThanksSolved448Views0likes19CommentsCloudRail - Dropbox - Missing client_id
Over the Easter weekend (Apr-10, 2025), Dropbox apparently made a change that makes it impossible for PimlicalAdvancedCalendar to log in through its CloudRail library. This has worked flawlessly for many years, and no change was made to PimlicalAdvancedCalendar or the CloudRail library (which is no longer supported by the developer). Is there a reason why Dropbox has suddenly made this change? Anyone else out there with an application that was using CloudRail to access Dropbox have any idea of what Dropbox did over the Easter Weekend?Some files are not syncing from my desktop to my other devices
I have some files (not all) that are in Dropbox that do not sync/ update from my desktop to my hand-held devices. They updated for a long time but now have started not updating which is very inconvenient. Can anybody help, please? Thank you.108Views0likes17CommentsWhy did the sync status of my files changed to online-only all of a sudden?
I've been a Dropbox user since, gosh, who knows when. Suddenly, at some point this week, my default state switched from available offline to online only. I don't recall upgrading my OS or making major changes to my devices so I'm not sure what might've triggered this out of nowhere. I recall seeing the notification saying something along the line of "your hard disk is almost full" - which I don't think was true. I always selectively toggle the online only option after I wrap up my projects, so I always have 200+ GB of free space. Even if this was true, I don't think Dropbox should make the decision to switch 200+ GB of files to online only without my consent. I'm in the middle of some big projects, and having my files suddenly all go online only before I could do physical backups was an unpleasant surprise, especially since I live in a country with slow internet. I've found the option to change my default state back, but I want to make sure this doesn't happen again. Did something recently change from Dropbox's end? How could I prevent this from happening in the future?39Views0likes5CommentsWhy was the way screenshots were handled changed?
Me and my friends question what drove the people behind this software to break something intentionally like that? I work as a Quality Assurance expert, and can only see this change as sabotage. When I press "PrtSc" I want the image to be copied into my clipboard. The fact that it was saved into the screenshots folder wasn't always desired, but I could deal with it (always cleaned up that folder once a month). But now that doesn't happen. I get so many extra steps, and if I opt out of it, I'm left with nothing. Sure, I could just install a different software for making screenshots, but that seems so stupid to do, given what worked before!309Views4likes18Comments