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kakshaks
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

is copy of screen recording held on desktop

Im using Dropbox Capture and recorded something last night that lasted about 45 minutes - when I stopped the recording it went to the Dropbox Capture page on the web and said it was uploading but 24 ...
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Mark's avatar
Mark
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3 years ago

Open your Dropbox folder and in there should be a folder called 'Capture' with it in 🙂

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    kakshaks
    Explorer | Level 3
    3 years ago

    Thanks for the speedy reply - so looking online at my Dropbox, the capture folder is empty.

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    When I try and look at my dropbox folder on my desktop it gives the attached error message

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      kakshaks
      Explorer | Level 3
      3 years ago

      I now have access to the Dropbox folder on my desktop so tried another capture but hit the same problem - its saying I have 2h recording time available, i screen record for 45 minutes but then fails to upload and cannot find the recording!  any help most welcome

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        Nancy
        Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
        3 years ago

        Hey kakshaks! Sorry to hear this. 

         

        Can you please try to save a short recording instead (that lasts a couple of minutes), and let me know if the same thing happens?

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