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Hebephrene
Explorer | Level 3
4 months ago

How can I make my files in my Dropbox folder online-only?

Two questions: I have Dropbox on two computers, my laptop, a Surface and a Desktop which is an Acer. On the laptop the balance between what is stored on my hardrive and what is stored in the cloud is...
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Hebephrene
Explorer | Level 3
4 months ago

Rich - Thanks for responding. Yes, I right clicked on the Drop Box icon and I have attached a screen shot

 

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Rich
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4 months ago
Hebephrene wrote:

Yes, I right clicked on the Drop Box icon and I have attached a screen shot

Windows 11 likes to hide a lot of the normal context menu options under a sub menu. Click on Show more options.

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    Hebephrene
    Explorer | Level 3
    4 months ago

    Rich apologies, I didn't get a notification. I tried clicking show more options and have attached a screen shot of what comes up, but no online only option

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