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I keep getting selective sync conflicts by Dropbox?
I have a major issue with sync conflicts at the moment, which i'm trying to resolve. Although what I find happening is that files are being moved by drop box into my private folder.
I've tested...
Okay, I will try.
In using Selective Sync, (as an example) you selected Folder B and Folder D. Once you selected those folders in the Selective Sync Settings, Those folders will disappear off your Dropbox folder. It will be in the cloud only.
Let's say you had the same files that were in Folder B and D somewhere backed up (outside of Dropbox folder) and place them inside the Dropbox folder. It will create conflicted copies. That is because it's supposed to be 'off' your HD (off from your Dropbox folder)
Now, this is the way I understood from your Post. Its possible and not inconceivable that I may not have understood the situation.
But does this sound what happened?
I'm definitely a newbie and pretty much an idiot, but this is what I did when I had the conflict problem (it added four folders that said were conflicted). I went into selective sync and de-selected those four folders. I then went to my file explorer and deleted those four folders from where they show up under DropBox. I then went to DropBox.com and deleted those four folders.
A very tentative "Voila!"
While I realize that some of what I did seems redundant, maybe it was necessary. I'm not sure what I did to have the conflict, I was just trying to move some pictures and folders and threw them into dropbox without thinking properly about where I put them. I've tested it a bit, and the issue is not reappearing. And the folders are not showing up in my Selective Sync, either.
edit: AND NOW THEY'RE BACK!!!! (so never mind)
