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stang92x
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6 months ago
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Green or blue icons on my files after uninstalling the Dropbox desktop app on Windows

Hello! I just uninstalled dropbox on one of my computers and something really bad happened! Now all of my files on my computer have a green box with a white checkmark or a blue box and 2 arrows p...
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    stang92x
    6 months ago

    I figured it out!

    It was a norton backup feature!

    I totally forgot about it!

    Thanks all for your help!

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stang92x
Helpful | Level 6
6 months ago

Yes it might be onedrive... I have tried everything

I am also talking to windows about this [can you look over?]: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_11-wintop_apps-win_subtopwinapps/uninstall-dropbox-problem/0b8747cc-b1ea-4170-948b-662bf3efcb4b?messageId=e60904bd-a7d4-4deb-b9e6-c6aa0954dc5d

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stang92x
Helpful | Level 6
6 months ago

I just tried to uninstall onedrive then restart and still there

Also, currently have the norton backup activated as well... it might be that!

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