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Why can I only see some Dropbox backup folders on the desktop app?
Hello!
Since I started using dropbox I had 3 laptops. All them are/were backed up in dropbox backup and I could see them in my dropbox desktop app, just by opening any explorer folder and going on ...
Megan
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorHey Luzzitelli, let's jump right into this!
You mentioned that you firstly deleted the folder, and then launched a new Backup on your end.
Do you mean that you disabled, and then re-enabled our Backup, or did you follow some other steps?
At the moment, would you mind clarifying if you're able to see the laptop's Backup when you check locally on the device, or online on our site?
If you have any screenshots, they are more than welcome.
Keep me posted!
Hello, thanks for your reply.
No, I could see the back up in the online version as below (these are all my backed up laptops + external HD):
However, in the desktop app, under the dropbox tree, in NewUL (my current backed up laptop) I could not see the same folder there were online. If I went on the app settings of back ups, I could see it was backing up folders with the same name (downloads, desktop and downloads), however these, in the dropbox app locally, were newly created folder.
So, I deleted the local laptop folder on the dropbox app. Then, I launched a new backup on my current laptop, hoping to see it pop up in the drop box tree in explorer. But it is not here.
As you can see, all the other backups except for the external HD, are in my desktop app, but not the NewUL (my current laptop's).
Also, strangely, the desktop app is still showing PC (2), which is my current laptop's backup before I restarted it, calling it NewUL. As mentioned above, this contains a folder that does not match the content of the supposed corresponding folder on the cloud (however it does not contain anymore documents and downloads)
Note that there is no PC (2) in my dropbox online back ups.
Thanks!
- Hannah
Hey Luzzitelli, sorry to jump in.
It looks like this particular laptop might have updated to the new Dropbox backup experience, but let's see if we can confirm that.
If you hover over the Dropbox icon in your system tray, is the application "up to date" or is it showing a different message?
Yes, @Megan, I can see the backups.
@Hannah, the application is up to date. I'm not sure why the laptop would have updated to the new dropbox backup experience (it seems like I would not like that). But, I still see the old backups in my explorer's dropbox tree in the desktop app.
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