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MatteoG's avatar
MatteoG
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

Dropbox very slow with Windows explorer

After wasting time, as usual, with Dropbox's assistance, I try to ask here. My problem is relatively simple to explain and consists in the fact that if I use Windows Explorer, navigating in the Dropb...
Desktop
Folders
Windows
Hannah's avatar
Hannah
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Hey MatteoG, is it possible that you have close to or more than 300K files in your Dropbox folder?

 

The performance of the desktop app will decline with that many files in the Dropbox folder, so can you try using selective sync, to remove some folders and see if that helps?

MatteoG's avatar
MatteoG
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

I have already answered to this question:
Dropbox folder: 17.6 GB - 73.362 file - 32.215 folders - local space (my C drive) 2.94 MB

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