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copwriter
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago
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Shared folder not visible to shared user

The office where I work has a Dropbox business account with 2TB of storage available. That account is under the office manager's name. Folders in her account are shared to my personal account.  Abo...
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  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    3 years ago

    In that case, could you check if this folder is listed in your sharing tab to add it back to your account copwriter? 

     

    Also, can you double check your selective sync settings for the folder in the app's preferences while logged into your personal account? 

     

    While we're at it, could you maybe navigate to your events page and try to restore the folder from there? 

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copwriter
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

>>In that case, could you check if this folder is listed in your sharing tab to add it back to your account @copwriter? <<

Mystery solved. There was a flag on that folder indicating I had not "joined" the folder. It now shows up in File Manager on my desktop machine. 

>>Also, can you double check your selective sync settings for the folder in the app's preferences while logged into your personal account? <<

That folder is set to sync to my desktop, which is what I want. 

>>While we're at it, could you maybe navigate to your events page and try to restore the folder from there? <<

The events page indicates I created the shared folder "patient records" three minutes ago. 

Thanks much to you and everyone at Dropbox tech support for your help. It took a while, but everything is back up and running as it should. 

 

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Hannah
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3 years ago

Happy to hear that, copwriter.

 

If you need anything else, please let us know.

 

Have a great day!

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