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TMkII
New member | Level 2
6 months ago

How to re-download my Dropbox folder on my desktop?

My SSD with my DB folder on it got corrupt, and so some folders in my DB folder were missing. I tried to replace them with a back up before really thinking about it, and don't want to accidentally te...
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Jay
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6 months ago

Hi TMkII, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

Your solution is exactly correct, although you don't need to uninstall and reinstall the app. 

The best method to ensure that you get a fresh download of the files on your Dropbox account would be to sign out of your Dropbox account in the desktop app, rename the old folder, and then sign back into the account in the desktop app.

This way, it'll sync down the files from the site in a brand new folder.

If you need any further assistance, please let me know!

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