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pvk2023
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Why did you take away the 'open folders in' option in the app's preferences?

I installed dropbox on a new laptop. I don't want my whole dropbox on a limited machine but I do like viewing all my online only folders right in file explorer. This was standard for Dropbox. Then su...
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pvk2023
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

This is how the general preference used to look. It had that option. 

THis is what it looks like now. You'll find the same complaint for mac users with "finder" instead of file manager. 

 

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Rich
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2 years ago
pvk2023 wrote:

Why did you take away the "open folders in" option in the preferences?

Because the option that it refers to, the Dropbox Desktop app, no longer exists. It was dropped back in January 2022.

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