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SirLothar
3 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Dropbox Paper has gone all weird
Anyone else had Dropbox paper go weird on them? Logged in and suddenly all the folder system and gone, I had no files showing on the main tab - and all paper files have been migrated into a documen...
SirLothar
3 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Hi Megan,
Well... apparently I've been migrated to the 2020 Paper Design... (even though it's 2023!) which looks remarkably like an old Windows 3.1 folder interface... which looks awful and makes me want to switch to something else.
Where have all the left hand files gone for example?
Where have all the left hand files gone
Walter
Dropbox Community Moderator
3 years agoHey SirLothar, sorry to jump in, but can you navigate to the menu button on the upper left or your page and select Paper from the options there?
It should look like this:

- SirLothar3 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Yep - and that's the page I get taken to - via the menu options you highlighted. It seems like the whole left hand menu bar has disappeared listing folders and docs.
- Walter3 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Since you're on the 2020 release of Paper now, all new Paper docs will be created and organized like any other files on dropbox.com.
Are you having issues with locating any of your previously created Paper docs SirLothar?
- SirLothar3 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Main points:
* It's Feb 2023 - why have I now been moved to some sort of 2020 migration?
* All my "recent docs" disappeared
* I have no way of actually navigating into any files or folders (left hand blank grey bar)
* The only way I can find is to go to Dropbox main home (the file system itself) and then attempt to navigate an unwieldy file structure to try and find the paper files.
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