Trick to add a refresh function in Dropbox Android

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Trick to add a refresh function in Dropbox Android

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Trick to add a refresh function in Dropbox Android

My android never update or refresh file list for year. I have to click a file that was removed then it will auto refresh.

Since Dropbox don't have a refresh button. We have to create a file on PC. Such as _refresh.txt and then set Task Scheduler to rename this file base on datetime. Such as _refresh_20180702164500.txt

When we want to refresh, just click this file in Android. It will not found and refresh the file list.

Fix_DropBox_Refresh.bat

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@echo off

for /f %%a in ('powershell -Command "Get-Date -format yyyyMMdd_HHmmss_ffff"') do set datetime=%%a

rename "C:\Desktop\Dropbox\Share\APK\~refresh_*.txt" "~refresh_%datetime%.txt"
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Re: Trick to add a refresh function in Dropbox Android

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Another way is keep open DropBox screen, sleep and reactivate the cell phone.
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