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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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reagananthony78
Explorer | Level 3
5 years ago
I so hoped that would have worked 😞
When I select the folder from its original location and right click and go to preferences it shows it being as it should be. There is no location button but it looks like it's in the right place. However, when I left click to select it, I get an error message that the file has been moved. I took some screen shots but I don't know how to attach them to this message.
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Daphne
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5 years ago
You should be able to attach the screenshot using the camera icon just above the reply box here reagananthony78.

Also, could you try these steps to see if we can reset the folder paths a different way?
  1. Click the Dropbox icon in your system tray.
  2. Click the profile pic/initials icon in the top right of the window.
  3. Choose "Preferences..."
  4. Go to the "Account" tab.
  5. Hold the keys "Alt+H".
  6. Click the option "Reset OS folders".

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