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DAC4
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Moved a shared folder out of the Dropbox folder to the Desktop on Windows - how can we put it back?

Hi there!   We have a user with Dropbox on their Windows 10 machine. Somehow they've moved a shared folder out of the Dropbox folder and onto the desktop. It appears to be behaving like a Dropbox...
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Sarah38
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Hi!

I am having the same issue as the original post. I accidently dragged a shared folder out of my teams shared dropox onto my dashboard and now when I try to drag it back I get an error message saying I don't have permission to add it back to dropbox. Any suggestions?

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Hannah
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2 years ago

Hey Sarah38, what do you see about this move in your events page? Does it show as deleted?

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