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btzretired
Explorer | Level 3
6 years ago

Can't restore Desktop to default location to get out of Dropbox folder

I tried the following cause I had the same issue as @User134679! but it would not reset To do this, please navigate to the Desktop folder in File Explorer (not the folder in Dropbox) and then: ...
desktop
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Walter
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6 years ago

Hi btzretired; welcome to our Community!

 

So you uninstalled the desktop app from your computer before disabling the computer backup feature and you'd like to restore your OS folders to their original locations now; am I on the right track?

 

In that case, could you reboot your computer and try doing this again?

 

If you get any error along the way, please send us a screenshot so we can advise further.

 

Thanks!

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btzretired
Explorer | Level 3
6 years ago

Hi Walter   thanks for your response.  its a long story as to how this all happened but to make it short

During my first install of dropbox i did not uncheck the boxes Desktop Documents and Downloads

it began syncing those files and exceeded the 2 gigabyte capacity

To solve that issue I upgraded to the Business plan Trial period which allowed the full syncing of files to complete

I UNinstalled DB  did some research about what had happened and then reinstalled DB 

I did UNcheck those 3 boxes and thought problem solved

what happened was the first install was renamed DropBox Old so those files were still syncing, NOT GOOD

So i cancelled the Business Plan and uninstalled DB again

DropBox Old still continued to sync my files so when i deleted a file in DB it deleted off my computer too

So I created new folders, copied all my files to them, then deleted everything out of DB

I'm sort of back to where I started before DropBox, and my files do not sync anymore.

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