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RFB
Explorer | Level 3
4 months ago

How can I connect two devices to Dropbox, so I can sync the files between them?

Devices are a HP pavilion desktop  and a HP laptop (both Windows 11)

Operating System/Browser (if using the web)
Windows 11
Dropbox App Version (if using the app)
installed Basic
Syncing Status

Dropbox is running OK on the desktop and I loaded DropBox on a new HP laptop this morning I can see the files in dropbox folder of the desktop machine. They seem to be updating as required.

New user here. first time trying to connect a second computer to a common dropbox

How do I connect the Laptop to the DropBox folder that exists on my desk top HP ?

Must I have an E-Mail account on the new Laptop to do this?

Basically I just want to constantly keep in sync the files on the Laptop with the DropBox files on the Desk top machine and vice/versa.

Thanks for your help!

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  • RFB's avatar
    RFB
    Explorer | Level 3
    4 months ago

    Thank you once again for your observations and suggestions.

    The Laptop reports  " 178 bytes  - Excluded (not synced)."

    To he HP tower reports "Sync Pending" error 0x80070185  "The cloud operation was not successful."

    I will check the Account. When the tower account was set up there was no Laptop E-mail address available.

    regards. RFB

  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    4 months ago

    Hey RFB​!

    Could you send me some screenshots of each device's syncing status too?

    And definitely take a look at the Account tab on each computer, and let me know if they report the same email address.

    One last thing: if you add a file using your desktop, can you see it when visiting your account online?
    What about your laptop?

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