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KathiH
New member | Level 2
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

I have 1 folder showing in my file explorer out of about 50. See screen shot.

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