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Peyton T.
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

I installed Dropbox on my computer but I cannot locate it

I just installed Dropbox on a new computer (or it acted as though I did). It even found my existing files on my old computer and says it uploaded them for me. But where is it? I'm accustomed to findi...
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Peyton T.'s avatar
Peyton T.
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

So maybe they're not on my computer at all, but only on the web?  If so, how do I send people

links to them?

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Hannah
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2 years ago

Hey Peyton T., thanks for reaching out to us.

 

It's strange that you have installed the Dropbox app and cannot locate the Dropbox icon or your Dropbox folder.

 

How did you install the app? Did you use this link? https://www.dropbox.com/downloading

 

Have you restarted your computer, just in case?

 

Let me know how it goes!

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