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gjwolfswinkel
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago
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App always updating thousands of files

Since a few weeks, my Dropbox app is always updating thousands of files, whenever my computer is started, taken out of sleep or hibernation. I think it started after I used Dropbox to briefly store a...
desktop
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Windows
  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
    2 years ago

    Hi gjwolfswinkel, thanks for the screenshots! 

     

    It seems you're using the beta version of our app. To eliminate the possibility of this causing the syncing issue, can you try going into your account settings on the Dropbox website, and turning Early releases off?

     

     After that, install one of the stable builds of the Dropbox application.

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Kirola
New member | Level 1
24 hours ago

Version 216.4.4420.  Seems to be stuck at Syncing 3,382,797 files.

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Hannah
Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
24 hours ago

Thanks for the update, Kirola!

Can you try these steps, to see if they help?

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    Kirola
    New member | Level 1
    23 hours ago

    I'm not sure.  I got no message about links, I did get a a message that said the fix permissions was fixed.  Here's what I see now:

    But it doesn't really seem to be syncing.

    • Nancy's avatar
      Nancy
      Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
      21 hours ago

      Thanks for giving that a go! Are you still seeing the same number of files trying to sync to the app?

      • Kirola's avatar
        Kirola
        New member | Level 1
        21 hours ago

        Yeah, it still says $3,382,763.

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