Why are Dropbox files regularly copying to my desktop?

I thought I would just unchoose folders so it would stop the copying, but then I got this message. I am worried about deleting important work. If these files are on my computer or in dropbox, they won't be deleted will they?

Hey yesthatsandra, your content shouldn't be deleted, no.

Want to give it a go, and let me know the behavior of the app after that? 

Hello. Me again. So about a week ago I deleted the backup but the files copied to my desktop just now. Under 'manage backup' is says: PC, last backup 7/30/2024. (And blue button to Enable backup.) So if appears it is no longer enabled. But it just copied 60 or 70 files to my desktop. These are files and folders from my Dropbox that I have deleted. ?

Hey yesthatsandra - may I ask how are those actions logged in your events page?

Also, is the desktop app 'up to date' or still syncing? 

All I see on the events page are actions I performed using Dropbox--opening files, moving files to Dropbox etc. So today there are only 4 events on that page--files I was working with. No sign of the ++++ files copied to desktop.

The desktop app is 'up to date.'

Thanks for your (ongoing) help! S

Hi again, yesthatsandra! Can you go once again here and send me a screenshot of what you see on your Backups page now? We’ll go from there.

Here you go:

Thanks for that, yesthatsandra! Is your Desktop folder located in its original place on your computer? 

If you check its filepath, is there any reference to Dropbox perhaps? Is it located inside of Dropbox, by any chance, or has Dropbox been moved inside your Desktop folder?

The filepath for Desktop is: C:\Users\yesth\OneDrive\Desktop

The filepath for Dropbox is: C:\Users\yesth

I have a shortcut on my desktop, the filepath for which is:

C:\Users\yesth\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

Hope this helps!