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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...
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.
Walter
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHi there gjwolfswinkel - sorry to hear about this and thanks for letting us know the troubleshooting steps you've attempted so far.
Could you send us a screenshot of the app's exact status as shown in your taskbar so that we can have a visual too?
Thanks!
Sure, here you go Walter. Hope this helps!
- Megan
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.
Hi Megan,
As an IT guy I'm always trying new stuff, I wasn't even aware anymore I had this set in my account. I have now disabled that setting and reinstalled. First result looks promising, no indexing and updating thousands of files after the first reboot. I'll keep an eye on it for a few days and will post results in this thread in a few days. Thanks so far!Hi Megan,
The problem hasn't returned for a few days now. Consider it solved 🙂 Thanks!
