Paths to files on my desktop have changed

Hi mikewill, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

It sounds like you enabled the automatic computer backup feature in the Dropbox desktop application. 

Did you disable the computer backup from Dropbox before you uninstalled the app?

This will help me to assist further!

I uninstalled Dropbox long time ago, and I cannot recall if the computer backup from Dropbox was ever enabled and/or disabled.

Sorry. But, you're probably right.

Hey mikewill, sorry to jump in here, but do you see the backed up folders in your backups page on the website perhaps?

Have you maybe tried moving your computer's OS folders back to their original locations? 

Hi Walter,

Yes, I see backed up folder. Unfortunately, I do not know how to attach a snapshot here.

It is shown under: Personal Dropbox space. After a black square it says: Regular files (1.2 GB), and then after a blue square it says: Backup (7.8 MB), but it is not accessible.  

Re: "Have you maybe tried moving your computer's OS folders back to their original locations?" 

No (as far as I recall).

Hey mikewill, just to clarify: when you access your Backups page online, does the backup show as active, or disabled?

If it's active, can you try to disable it?

After you disable it, can you access your device, and move the paths back to their original locations? If you get any errors throughout this, let me know. 

Dear Megan,

Please let me know, what will happen after I disable the backup?

Will it affect the path to files on my desktop?

Thank you,

Michael

After I installed the Dropbox desktop app, a small check mark inside a green circle appended to almost all icons on my desktop.

Is it possible to get rid of it?

Dear Megan,

I have successfully disabled the backup, as you instructed.

The path to files is still goes through 'Dropbox\PC as follows: ' C:\Users\***\Dropbox\PC\Desktop

Is there something else I must do?

Hey mikewill, did you try to move your Desktop, back to its initial path on your device?

If so, do you get any specific errors? 

As for our syncing icons: keep in mind that the Dropbox application employs a number of icon overlays and context menus for added functionality. They allow the user to understand the state of a file or folder as well as be able to use other Dropbox features.

On Windows there is no option in the desktop application to turn them off and we would not recommend attempting to manually disable these overlays as they play a vital part in the functionality of the Dropbox application.

Hi Megan,

Re: "did you try to move your Desktop, back to its initial path on your device?"

My PC OS is Windows 10 Pro x64 version 22H2 (OS build 19045.2965).

Would you please explain how to move my desktop to its initial path? FYI, I had never moved my desktop. 

As for the check mark in the green circle, I got your point.

BTW, there is also a minus sign in the grey circle on one icon - does it have any special meaning?

Thank you,

Michael