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muddleglum
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9 months ago

Reinstalled the Dropbox app and it wants to rename my Dropbox folder

Sadly, I had already downloaded another and have a problem -- instead of picking up my old dropbox folder, the installer wants to rename it. I'm not sure what to do now. except reboot in the middle o...
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muddleglum
New member | Level 2
9 months ago

I should add, "Browse for Folder," with my name selected.

On the other hand, I just realized that in the small print at the top, it says "A folder named "name" will be created inside the folder you select. So I would, if I click ok now, have a new folder C:Users/name/name/ created

 

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Megan
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9 months ago

Thanks for the screenshot muddleglum! 

Essentially your path should be: C:\User\username and once you select that, your existing Dropbox folder should be there. 

All that should happen is that the app will re-index any changes, instead of downloading all of your content from scratch. 

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    muddleglum
    New member | Level 2
    9 months ago

    I'm now in another dialog box.

    I'm going to try to click the Merge button, and hope.

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    muddleglum
    New member | Level 2
    9 months ago

    (Looks like I messed my reply. Its here, but several hops up. Here's my latest shot again:

    Which button should I choose?

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      Megan
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      9 months ago

      Hey muddleglum, on the first screenshot it looks like you had the option to merge content.

      Did you try this, by any chance? 

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        muddleglum
        New member | Level 2
        9 months ago

        Yes, and got the next one almost immediately. Did you get that last one?

        edited. Which button on the last one should I use? I don't want to rename the folder or put it somewhere else -- too many things point to files in dropbox.

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