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julie221
New member | Level 2
6 months ago

My desktop app is linked to a different account - How can I link it to my own account?

on my windows computer, I have a dropbox folder which was set up with my accountant to share files into. This was set up before I started my own paid dropbox account. Since that was set up, I am now ...
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julie221
New member | Level 2
6 months ago

Thanks for your reply. I probably didn't make it very clear in my original post that I need to also be about to see and share to the accounts folder that was originally in there, is that possible? 

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Hannah
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6 months ago

Thanks for your reply, Julie!

Just to clarify, is this a shared folder between your accountant's account and your own?

Can you give me some more info as to how you've been sharing your files so far, so that I can get a better understanding of your setup?

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    Dell_Dropbox
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    6 months ago

    hey julie221​, just wanted to follow up to make sure you say hannah's questions so we can help you get set up!

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