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Botterne
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Deleting also on local drive

I have pictures on my dropbox. When I then copy them to my photo directory on the computer and delete them from dropbox, it also deletes the reference and the images can therefore not be found or used.

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    Hannah
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    2 years ago

    Hey Botterne, thanks for reaching out to the Dropbox Community.

     

    I'm not exactly clear on what you mean by "deleting the reference"; can you please clarify?

     

    Any additional info would be really helpful as well.

     

    Thanks in advance!

    • Botterne's avatar
      Botterne
      Explorer | Level 3
      2 years ago

      The file was first in my dropbox folder. Then I make a copy to ex. my desktop, and delete the file in dropbox. When I then try to open the file on my desktop, it says the location/direction is not exists

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        Hannah
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        2 years ago

        I see, thanks for the clarification, Botterne.

         

        Before you copied the file to your desktop, do you remember if it was set to "online-only" (cloud icon) or to "available offline" (green checkmark)?

         

        If it was set to online-only, try to make it available offline first, by right-clicking and choosing that option and then try to copy it again and let me know how it goes.

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