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JSSMITH
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2 years ago
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Establishing an old account on a new computer.

I've had a dropbox account for several years.   I recently updated my old computer with a new one, and I guess I did something wrong.   The old drop box account is not accessible from the app on the ...
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    2 years ago
    JSSMITH wrote:

    The old drop box account is not accessible from the app on the new computer. ... How do I get the app to use the old account rather than the new one?

    You need to sign out of the Dropbox application and then sign back in, making sure you use your old account information.

     

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Rich
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2 years ago
JSSMITH wrote:

The old drop box account is not accessible from the app on the new computer. ... How do I get the app to use the old account rather than the new one?

You need to sign out of the Dropbox application and then sign back in, making sure you use your old account information.

 

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