Mistake! I assigned the desktop folder to the dropbox folder!

[Steve_in_DE]

I have a win10 PC.  In an attempt to include my desktop folder (50GB of files) in dropbox, I inadvertently moved the location of the contents of the Desktop to "E:/dropbox" rather than "E:/dropbox/Desktop".  Now, my dropbox folder IS my Desktop folder, and vice-versa!  Yikes!  Now everything in my dropbox folder also appears on my desktop!  

Now, when I right-click on the dropbox folder and choose "properties", I get the same "location" tab that I would normally get when right-clicking on my Desktop folder.

Even before I created this mess, my dropbox folder contains 800GB.

I need to figure out how to separate the Desktop folder (with all it's system files) from the dropbox folder.  Any thoughts on a process here?

[Walter]

Thanks so much for following up on this Steve - I'm truly obliged!

I'm sorry I didn't get the chance to get back to you earlier; things are hectic these days 

In any case, I'm glad to hear that my suggestions pointed you towards the right direction and I'm always around if you come up with any Dropbox question.

As a closing note, keep in mind that you can also boost your syncing process by changing your bandwidth settings within the app's preferences according to your needs: 

https://help.dropbox.com/installs-integrations/sync-uploads/faster-sync 

Have a wonderful day ahead!