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A M.13
Helpful | Level 6
11 years ago
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Moving My Documents *OUT* of dropbox

The "My Documents" folder under my username on a Windows 7 machine appears to have disappeared and been subsumed by dropbox. This is a big problem for me as I never store documents in "My Documents"...
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  • Robert S.'s avatar
    Robert S.
    11 years ago

    ...there's no other application I can think of that would automatically move the My Documents folder to dropbox.

    As I've said, Dropbox has no functionality to do this.

    However, you're quite welcome to open a support ticket and have Dropbox Support verify the fact of the matter.

    Open your ticket here: https://www.dropbox.com/support

    Track your ticket here: https://dropbox.zendesk.com

    Replies take approximately 1 - 3 business days with Pro users getting priority (longer for Basic users).

    I can find no instructions anywhere to move My Documents back to it's original location...

    I'm afraid it's a bit beyond the scope of this forum, but maybe this might provide a starting point:

    http://scottiestech.info/2014/11/11/repair-missing-user-folders-in-windows-7/

    Sorry that I can't be of more help in this instance.

     

    [This thread is now closed by moderators due to inactivity. If you're experiencing a similar behavior, feel free to start a new discussion in the Dropbox Community here.]

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Robert S.
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11 years ago

...there's no other application I can think of that would automatically move the My Documents folder to dropbox.

As I've said, Dropbox has no functionality to do this.

However, you're quite welcome to open a support ticket and have Dropbox Support verify the fact of the matter.

Open your ticket here: https://www.dropbox.com/support

Track your ticket here: https://dropbox.zendesk.com

Replies take approximately 1 - 3 business days with Pro users getting priority (longer for Basic users).

I can find no instructions anywhere to move My Documents back to it's original location...

I'm afraid it's a bit beyond the scope of this forum, but maybe this might provide a starting point:

http://scottiestech.info/2014/11/11/repair-missing-user-folders-in-windows-7/

Sorry that I can't be of more help in this instance.

 

[This thread is now closed by moderators due to inactivity. If you're experiencing a similar behavior, feel free to start a new discussion in the Dropbox Community here.]

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