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Bradfordaudio
Explorer | Level 3
5 months ago

Files in Dropbox on the computer are copied and not just moved

As of a month ago or sooner, when dragging files out of one dropbox folder to my desktop, the file is copied and not simply "moved".  Is this a setting that changed with an update.  I would prefer it...
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Jay
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5 months ago

Hi Bradfordaudio, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

 

Just for clarification, is the Dropbox folder located on your internal drive, or an external drive? Are you transferring the files to a different drive?

 

What is the exact OS and Dropbox version that you're running?

 

This will help me to assist further!

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    Bradfordaudio
    Explorer | Level 3
    5 months ago

    Thanks for responding.
    The dropbox files are located on my internal drive and I am running windows 11 pro.
    Dropbox version 202.4.5551
    Windows 11 pro version 232H OS build 22631.3737

    Let me know if you need anything else.

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