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msebold
5 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Can't copy ANY files onto Dropbox
I haven't been able to copy files INTO Dropbox for a few weeks now. I am on a Windows 10 system, and up until recently I could drag and drop files into Dropbox. Now I drag and drop and nothing hap...
- 5 years ago
Do you have a Dropbox folder located in Explorer? If not, then it sounds like you’re running the S Mode app.
If the app isn’t syncing with the site, try uninstalling it by right clicking the app from the Start menu, and then reinstall it from the Windows Store, if you can’t install the desktop app from the Dropbox site.
Keep me posted!
msebold
Explorer | Level 3
P.S. I get no error messages on my desktop app. I just do what I normally do, drag and drop, but no file transfers to DB. No error message.
Jay
5 years agoDropbox Staff
Are you using the Dropbox desktop application from the Dropbox site, or are you running the Dropbox for S Mode app from the Windows Store?
- msebold5 years agoExplorer | Level 3
I believe it's the app from the website. However, the DB icon on the taskbar permits me to open "Dropbox for S mode." I've tried both ways, and neither allows me to drag-and-drop documents into DB.
- Jay5 years agoDropbox Staff
Do you have a Dropbox folder located in Explorer? If not, then it sounds like you’re running the S Mode app.
If the app isn’t syncing with the site, try uninstalling it by right clicking the app from the Start menu, and then reinstall it from the Windows Store, if you can’t install the desktop app from the Dropbox site.
Keep me posted!
- msebold5 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Thank you Jay. I downloaded the app from Microsoft and loaded it. That did it! Works fine now. Great job!
Thanks for your help,
Mike S.
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