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Hilary2001
7 days agoNew member | Level 2
Dropbox has changed the file organization on my computer
Hello,
Can anyone help me with navigating files on my computer?
Since I tried to install Dropbox all my files have been addressed different.
On power shell and command line I can't get to some folders because dropbox has other folders with the same name and I don't how to navigate to the directories and folders I want?
Can anyone help me with this?
Thanks.
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It sounds like you have agreed to Dropbox using Dropbox backup which relocates certain directories in to its own structure and leaves symlinks/junctions at the original.
Have a look at https://help.dropbox.com/organize/how-to-use-dropbox-backup to disable it.
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