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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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- Hannah
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hey acej, have you restarted your computer ever since this started happening?
If that doesn't help, I would also suggest re-indexing your Spotlight.
Not sure what you mean. I've attached a screen shot, the file circled in red is an example of a "ghost" file, it
can't be opened or found on the computer.
- Jay
By ghost files, do you mean that the Desktop, Documents and Downloads folders are still present in the Dropbox folder?
Does the Mac device default to those locations when trying to open the Desktop folder for instance?
It is disabled and the 'ghost' files still appear. Thanks.
- Jay
Hi acej, have you enabled the computer backup feature? What happens if you try to disable it?
Is there any instructions for Mac users?
- Nancy
Sorry for jumping in, MONTSERRAT RED CROSS.
Just to clarify, have you disabled the computer backup feature altogether?
Can you send me a screenshot of what you see when going to your desktop app preferences > Backups tab?
Thank you for the response. It seemed to have worked for the Documents folder but I am not sure yet if it has worked for the desktop or the downloads folders. "Can't redirect into reparse point, please choose a different path path."
- Jay
Hi pambarnes01, have you followed these steps to disable the computer backup feature?
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.
