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iafzal555
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2 years ago

How can I re-enable the 'Delete file everywhere' prompt on Windows?

I am a paid user of Dropbox (I bought the 2TB plan some time back). Earlier when I would delete any file or folder on Dropbox using the Dropbox App on my Windows Laptop, it used to ask me if I want...
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Rich
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2 years ago
iafzal555 wrote:

I want to re-activate the "Do you want to delete everywhere". How do I do that???

Go into Dropbox Preferences, click the Account tab and then hold the ALT key down. Some hidden options will appear. Click the Reset File System Warning options button.

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