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Aviv3
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

why my desktop folder is attached to my dropbox folder, but I don't see it

I have a very weird problem. All of my desktop folders are in my dropbox folder(according to the target path), but when I am in my dropbox folder I don't see any desktop folder. Any file in my desk...
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Hannah's avatar
Hannah
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3 years ago

Hey Aviv3, let's see what we can find out about this.

 

Do you remember disabling the backup feature on this computer?

 

If not, and the Dropbox icon in your system tray shows that the app is "up to date", can you follow the steps in the article above to disable it, and choose to keep your content on your PC, to see if that helps?

 

Let me know how that goes and we'll go from there.

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    Aviv3
    Explorer | Level 3
    3 years ago

    I tried to do everything you said, but when I clicked on "manage backups" I moved to a screen that says "want to keep your PC backed up?".
    This is so weird because my dropbox does'nt backup a thing on my pc but still the target path to my desktop folder is through the dropbox folder.
    And another weird thing is that, if I go to: C to Users to user to desktop, then every file is ok, and in this target path.

    • Hannah's avatar
      Hannah
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      3 years ago

      Would you mind sending us a screenshot of that message, Aviv3?

       

      As for what you said about the path, do you mean that your files are actually in their right place?

       

      Had you perhaps already disabled backup, then?

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        Aviv3
        Explorer | Level 3
        3 years ago

        In the dropbox site I see that dropbox does not backup any file.

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