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KathiH
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1 month ago
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How can I sync my Dropbox files to File Explorer?

Question or Issue On my old laptop I could see Dropbox in my file explorer. After changing to a new laptop I can not find any instructions on how to do this. The more I look the more I get annoye...
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    KathiH
    1 month ago

    Thank  you, Rich, for identifying this. As I was told to look for the icon on the taskbar that's what I did. I now followed your directions and everything is currently synchronising and starting to show in my file explorer. Thank you so much for your help!

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KathiH
New member | Level 2
1 month ago

Thank you, I'm definitely logged in with the correct email/account because 1 folder has syncronised. It was right after I installed Dropbox on my new computer where it gave me an option. Because it also warned me about filing up my hard drive I only selected 1 folder as a test. I found this warning confusing because I always set all my files to 'online only' so that it doesn't affect my hard drive. But in the warning it didn't say anything about choosing to make them online only so I was precautious in case some dropbox options had changed. But now I struggle to get to see the rest of my files in my file explorer. I will now try your suggested Selective Sync settings. Thank you for your help.

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Megan
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1 month ago

Hey KathiH!

Definitely try out the steps that Rich provided in order to check your selective sync settings, and update us back here with additional info. 

I think this might be the culprit there. If not, then please let me know the app's current syncing status too. 

I'll be waiting for your reply! 

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