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anonymous's avatar
anonymous
2 years ago

I updated Windows and now my Dropbox keeps showing this.

Hey All

 

Since I did some Win$lows updates the other day my dropbox keeps showing me this 

Can anyone help with this? not all the directories in my dox folder have a red exclamation just a few

  • anonymous's avatar
    anonymous
    2 years ago

    Firstly Thank you for the fast response Rich

    okay I used to have Micro$oft OneDrive on my system however i uninstalled this in favour for Dropbox. Yes the files are syncing and updating correctly ( check local v's online copies), just wondered why the red exclamation mark was there, ah ha apparently adobe creative cloud is also trying to back up to that location as well. Uninstalled that and the folders are all green ticks again. instead of just backing up my PDF's Folder it was trying to backup the entire documents, pictures/videos and all the other stuff

     

  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
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    anonymous wrote:

    all the directories in my dox folder have a red exclamation


    That's not a Dropbox icon. Do you have any other applications installed that use icon overlays? OneDrive or other sync software, an SVN client, etc? Is Dropbox working normally, otherwise? Files are still syncing?

    • anonymous's avatar
      anonymous

      Firstly Thank you for the fast response Rich

      okay I used to have Micro$oft OneDrive on my system however i uninstalled this in favour for Dropbox. Yes the files are syncing and updating correctly ( check local v's online copies), just wondered why the red exclamation mark was there, ah ha apparently adobe creative cloud is also trying to back up to that location as well. Uninstalled that and the folders are all green ticks again. instead of just backing up my PDF's Folder it was trying to backup the entire documents, pictures/videos and all the other stuff

       

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