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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 dropbox from the path. its driving me nuts!
that is the /dropbox thing im talking about. i want it removed!!!
You can reset the file path for these folders with the steps below:
- Navigate to the system's Desktop/Downloads/Documents folders via the File Explorer (not the folders in Dropbox).
- Right click the folder and choose "Properties".
- Go to the "Location" tab.
- 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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Still not seeing what you think I should be seeing. This is the properties and then the second box is what comes up after the ADVANCED box. What am I missing?
- Lusil
Dropbox Staff
You'll need to look through the Desktop, Downloads, and Document folders to try and reset the paths.
Give it one more try and let us know how it goes, thanks! I have the same problem and i can`t change the location file to default because i got this error : can`t redirect into reparse point, please choose different target path.
I solved the problem by reformatting the hard drive. No more issues. An extreme measure, but the only solution that worked.
Hi Daphne,
I saw your post, I am having difficulty in probably getting the correct file path, I want to remove Dropbox from my C drive, that too without having to format the hard drive. I saw your instructions but am not able to get to location - I think I`m doing it wrong. Can you please send me screen shots on how to do it and restore the file path to my regular C drive - I am using windows 10 home version, and have inserted a screenshot for reference.
Thanks
Vivek
I tried this to no avail. Nothing is changing my default folders back to my hard drive. Please advise.
There is no location tab. I have uninstalled your program yet there are remnants of its existence. What do I need to do to restore my pc and eliminate any traces dropbox ever existed.
I get the same error for can't redirect into resparse point, chose a different path. Windows knows the original and your software is blocking it.
need a fix
Having the same problem here. This is kind of ridiculous and will definitely not be using dropbox ever again. This should not be such an issue.
Edit: I figured it a workaround that will placate some of us that had this issue.After going to the "location" in the "documents property"---you can just create a new location with a small change such as C:\Users\(your user name)\Documents1 and or however you want to rename a new folder to create...move items and then you now have that silly dropbox link gone. How invasive of dropbox without an easy out. Still do not plan to use dropbox out of frustration.
I no longer want to use DropBox. How do I drop Remove the /DropBox as above? And, can I deactivate the account? I don't like it that when files are deleted in DropBox they disappear from everywhere. Thank you.
