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Outage Oct 30 2022?
Seem to be getting an error message repeatedly telling me dropbox has to restart. Anyone else?
Exciting News!!!
Installed an older version of Dropbox (went back to August 2022), no restart, no pausing of the antivirus.
Launched the desktop app and presto, it started syncing!
Result: Everything is as it should be!!
Re-installed v160.4.4703 and everything seems to be working fine. Thanks for your help! 😁
For those who are following along...
1. Reviewed my bandwidth setting to make sure it was set at "Do Not Limit"
2. Ran a security check and deleted all historical devices, browsers and apps
3. Fully removed the dropbox desktop app and did a new install (same version 160.4.4703)
4. Tried to open a file by accessing the Dropbox folder on my desktop (via Finder) (Opened excel, File/Open and selected an excel file). Was taken to the “Grant Access” screen and after “granting access” received the Alert: “Excel cannot open the file…… because the file format or file extension is not valid. Verify that the file has not been corrupted and that the file extension matches the format of the file”. Confirmed this is an excel file, however is showing as “zero bytes” in Finder.
5. Still scouring posts in the community for some possible helpful tips.🙂
DB Support has referred the ticket to a member of their team who specializes in this kind of issue who will review and get back to me as soon as possible.
Grateful for the DB community and helpers like @Megan and @Walter. The community posts really help with identifying possible troubleshooting tips and I appreciate not feeling alone on this!
Thank you! 🙂
Exciting News!!!
Installed an older version of Dropbox (went back to August 2022), no restart, no pausing of the antivirus.
Launched the desktop app and presto, it started syncing!
Result: Everything is as it should be!!
Re-installed v160.4.4703 and everything seems to be working fine. Thanks for your help! 😁
