RobertJSawyer 167 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 I have Evernote's Windows client set to monitor this input folder:C:\Dropbox\Inbox If I copy a file to that folder, it gets imported -- twice. (I have the option to keep the file set to yes and the option to also include subfolders set to no.) With desktop notifications turned on, I see the first copy get loaded into Evernote, and then, less than a second after that's finished, the second one appear. I know others have had troubles scanning to an import folder, but these aren't scans, just plain documents or photos copied into C:\Dropbox\Inbox (not created there, just copied to there). The only thing unusual about C:\Dropbox\Inbox is that it's a shared Dropbox folder, accessible to both myself and my assistant.(For those following other threads, I previously had trouble because I'd used the Windows SUBST command to assign drive letters A: and B: to folders on my C: drive; I'm no longer doing that, because Evernote screws up import folders if you do.) I've tried removing C:\Dropbox\Inbox from the import-folder watch list, restarting Evernote, and then adding it back in. The problem still occurs. Help, please! Rob (in Toronto) Link to comment
Level 5* jefito 5,589 Posted March 11, 2015 Level 5* Share Posted March 11, 2015 I use auto folder import relatively frequently, and only rarely has it gone sour. I'm wondering whether it's the fact that it's in a Dropbox folder that's causing you to have problems... Link to comment
Level 5* gazumped 11,666 Posted March 13, 2015 Level 5* Share Posted March 13, 2015 I also use import folders a lot without issue - dropbox sounds like the problem. If you need to have files there for the sharing aspect, you could try setting up something in AHK or Belvedere to automatically copy files from DropBox into another inbox folder elsewhere... Link to comment
RobertJSawyer 167 Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 Gazumped, thank you very much! Both AHK and Belvedere are new to me, and both look very useful, whether or not they solve this particular problem. Checking them out! Thanks again! Link to comment
Level 5* CalS 5,280 Posted March 14, 2015 Level 5* Share Posted March 14, 2015 Robert, Sounds like you are moving down a path, but out of interest do you know if DropBox changes the date/time after it syncs the file? Link to comment
Level 5* jefito 5,589 Posted March 14, 2015 Level 5* Share Posted March 14, 2015 Sounds like you are moving down a path, but out of interest do you know if DropBox changes the date/time after it syncs the file?Not yet -- I haven't carved out the time to test this scenario... Link to comment
Level 5* CalS 5,280 Posted March 14, 2015 Level 5* Share Posted March 14, 2015 Sounds like you are moving down a path, but out of interest do you know if DropBox changes the date/time after it syncs the file?Not yet -- I haven't carved out the time to test this scenario... Sorry, was addressing to the OP. Link to comment
Level 5* jefito 5,589 Posted March 14, 2015 Level 5* Share Posted March 14, 2015 I had plans to do this, too. Seems puzzling, as import folders are generally trouble free for me... Link to comment
Level 5* CalS 5,280 Posted March 14, 2015 Level 5* Share Posted March 14, 2015 Ditto. Link to comment
RobertJSawyer 167 Posted March 18, 2015 Author Share Posted March 18, 2015 Thanks, everybody! I'm the original poster in this thread. The strange behavior -- duplicate uploads from my watched shared Dropbox inbox folder -- seems to have cleared itself up. I don't know why. In any event, it's not happening anymore -- and if it ain't broke, don't fix it! Thanks again! Link to comment
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