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Margaret2003
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

All folders have disappeared and I no longer have access to my desktop

Hello, I don't know where to begin so I'm not sure I'm posting on the correct board. I'm incredibly frustrated and almost went into a panic attack as I decided to not subscribe to a business account....
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Margaret2003
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

I'm going through with the free trial for premium so I can get this resolved. It's telling me I cant back up my computer without permission and that I need to do so through the settings for my desktop folder, download folder, etc. Where do I change permissions? I'm not seeing it in preferences.

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Margaret2003
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

When I search the dropbox community and articles I'm not finding anything about changing permissions for backing up folders, I'm only seeing changing permissions for sharing folders which I do not need to do.

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