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TitanxD
Explorer | Level 4
6 years ago
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How To Remove The /DropBox from the path In C Drive

Whenver I navigate through my folder, and go to the main drive, the path makes no sense as it is /dropbox/my pc. I deleted dropbox and its still there pls help. How do i remove the dropbox folder and...
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  • Daphne's avatar
    Daphne
    6 years ago

    You can reset the file path for these folders with the steps below:

    1. Navigate to the system's Desktop/Downloads/Documents folders via the File Explorer (not the folders in Dropbox).
    2. Right click the folder and choose "Properties".
    3. Go to the "Location" tab.
    4. Choose to reset the default folder path.

    If you're having trouble locating these folders, they would be under the path C:/users/[your username]/

     

    If you have any trouble with these steps then please let me know the exact step that you're running into issues. You can send along a screenshot too if relevant.

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yotamr30
Explorer | Level 3
6 years ago

I have already deleted the drop box application, but there is still a folder named drop box with my desktop, documents and downloads in it...

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Jay
Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
6 years ago

Have you tried dragging the files in those folders back to their default locations on your machine, and then deleting the empty folders in Dropbox?

  • yotamr30's avatar
    yotamr30
    Explorer | Level 3
    6 years ago

    Hi,

    I just tried backing up all the folders that have the dropbox path (documents, desktop and downloads), deleting completely the dropbox directory including all of it's contents and than I transfered the files from the backup to their original directory.

    the deletion of the dropbox directory worked but after i retrieved my files from the backup, although i put them in a non dropbox path - the dropbox directory reappeared and so did all the files i retreived from the back up inside the dropbox directory...

    for some reason, even though I deleted dropbox from my pc, they seem to be linked somehow.

    I would very much like to solve this, all my desktop, documents and downloads appear inside the dropbox directory no matter what I do...

    I would very much appreciate your help..

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    FayH
    New member | Level 2
    6 years ago

    I have uninstalled Dropbox, but previously I set up the desktop syn still remains.
    I mean for example, the file on the desktop has the path like
    "C:\Users\GVLAB_Python\Dropbox\mycomputer (DESKTOP-000000)\Desktop"

    I would like it go back to normal, like "C:\Users\GVLAB_Python\Desktop"

    How can I do it automatically?    (or in worse situation, maually, one by one)

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    6 years ago

    Hi FayH, I've merged your post to a thread with a similar question.

     

    Could you try the steps in this post to see if they help?

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