Why can't I upload my files?

[kioskfeddan]

I signed up for dropbox to backup my project folders, they contain websited. but when I try to uplad it says .css invalid file type or something like that. a website contains a lot of different files so .css is probably not the only type of file that will throw an error. can I fix this?

[Mark]

How are you trying to upload the files @kioskfeddan ? What software or process are you going through?

[kioskfeddan]

there are different ways to upload? I didn't realize. anyway, I uploaded through the browser (chrome), do you think I should try downloading the app and upload from there?

[Nancy]

Hi @kioskfeddan! I hope you’re doing well. 

Installing the desktop app on your computer and uploading your files this way, is indeed a good option here. 

Other than that, you can try opening another browser on your computer and attempt to upload your files from there, as a test.

Let me know if any of this works for you.

[kioskfeddan]

so what you're saying is I'm supposed to be able to upload any file type? a laravel repo contains about 15,000 files but are only about 50MB big

[Rich]

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@kioskfeddan wrote:

so what you're saying is I'm supposed to be able to upload any file type?

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Just about, yes. There are some files that won't sync but they're mostly system files like thumbs.db, desktop.ini, .ds_store and shortcuts, to name a few. Otherwise, Dropbox will sync any file.

• https://help.dropbox.com/sync/advanced-sync-troubleshooting

[Graham]

Hi @kioskfeddan,

Thanks for visiting the Dropbox Community. How are you today? I see you were having some difficulties uploading files and it looks like you were going to try again after installing the desktop app. I just wanted to follow up with you to see if you had tried this and if it worked for you? If not, no problem, just let us know if you need any more assistance and we'll be happy to help you further.

Thanks again, and have a great day!

Graham