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Dropinanytime
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2 years ago
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What is the difference between a .lnk file and other files in my online Dropbox account

This afternoon I worked on my movie database file and noticed that I now have two files with the same data but different names and file extension.   One file ends in .lnk    This is a type of file ...
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    Mark
    2 years ago

    .lnk files are shortcuts - they are not the actual file they simply point to the file in another place on your device. Dont back them up or you will loose data. They can only be in Dropbox if you added in (often accidentally dragging and dropping causes shortcuts to be created).

     

    Note this means at the moment if only the .lnk file is there your movie database is NOT being sync'd to Dropbox

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Mark
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2 years ago

.lnk files are shortcuts - they are not the actual file they simply point to the file in another place on your device. Dont back them up or you will loose data. They can only be in Dropbox if you added in (often accidentally dragging and dropping causes shortcuts to be created).

 

Note this means at the moment if only the .lnk file is there your movie database is NOT being sync'd to Dropbox

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