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Hilary2001

New member | Level 2

9 months ago

Dropbox has changed the file organization on my computer

Hello, Can anyone help me with navigating files on my computer? Since I tried to install Dropbox all my files have been addressed different. On power shell and command line I can't get to some...

Super User II

9 months ago

It sounds like you have agreed to Dropbox using Dropbox backup which relocates certain directories in to its own structure and leaves symlinks/junctions at the original.

Have a look at https://help.dropbox.com/organize/how-to-use-dropbox-backup to disable it.

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