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Dropbox sync stuck on main computer
I have my main computer running windows10 hosting a lot of files (let's call him gustavo), in the beginning it costed me 3 days to make the full index but I need al these files on this pc (615029 fil...
OK since the Dropbox staff never had any decent solutions I decided to do some research myself and fixed the problem:
- backup your QLLite database where "selective sync" folders are stored:
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Dropbox\instance1\config.dbx - unlink Dropbox account:
preferences > account > unlink this dropbox - relink your dropbox account and select the same folder where it used to be before
- when dropbox sync is not working yet:
unistall dropbox
delete: C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Dropbox\instance1\*.* - reinstall dropbox
- close dropbox.exe
- replace the "config.dbx" in your: C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Dropbox\instance1 folder with the backuped one.
- start Dropbox.exe
- relink your dropbox account and select the same folder where it used to be before
- victoreeeey! (all your selective sync settings are still there)
- backup your QLLite database where "selective sync" folders are stored:
ok, I will try to ask my question more clear:
- in what file or database does Dropbox store the "selective sync settings"?
maybe this is not a question on your answer list, but it would really help me if it could be answered, so maybe if you have a second line support or you could pass it to the developers? It would be very helpful as this problem occurs more than 4 times a year and it's really annoying to set back al the selective sync folders manually every time I need to do a rebuild of the corrupted index.
OK since the Dropbox staff never had any decent solutions I decided to do some research myself and fixed the problem:
- backup your QLLite database where "selective sync" folders are stored:
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Dropbox\instance1\config.dbx - unlink Dropbox account:
preferences > account > unlink this dropbox - relink your dropbox account and select the same folder where it used to be before
- when dropbox sync is not working yet:
unistall dropbox
delete: C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Dropbox\instance1\*.* - reinstall dropbox
- close dropbox.exe
- replace the "config.dbx" in your: C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Dropbox\instance1 folder with the backuped one.
- start Dropbox.exe
- relink your dropbox account and select the same folder where it used to be before
- victoreeeey! (all your selective sync settings are still there)
