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Online Dropbox has stopped syncing with desktop in Windows 11
Hi all
I've used Dropbox Basic for years with no problems. A few months ago I got a new laptop running Windows 11. I installed DB Basic on the desktop again. It worked fine, and continues to do...
Hi Hannah
My Dropbox website account is in my name and gmail email account. The only place it appears on my laptop now is as a top-level folder in File Explorer. Is that the same as what you call the "desktop app", as per the screenshot below (bottom left of the dialogue box, called "Dropbox for S mode")?
If so, the account is the same as the website: my name and gmail account.
Thanks
Anselm
Hannah
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffThanks for the update, Anselm!
The Dropbox for S Mode is quite different than the desktop application.
The desktop application will sync local versions of your files to a folder named "Dropbox" in your file explorer, whereas the S Mode version behaves more like our mobile app.
It shows you a "mirror" of your files in Dropbox.
Now, you mentioned that you have a Dropbox folder in your file explorer, right? Is that where you see the updated versions of your files? Or in the S Mode app?
- Hi Hannah
Definitely in File Explorer, in which Dropbox behaves just like any other folder. The S mode gives me the sadly truncated version of my files.
Thanks - and thanks also for being terminologically and conceptually gentle with this bear of little brain! Apologies if it’s frustrating for you, but I did warn you about my “basic” level of understanding. 🫤🤣
