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MikeBook
Explorer | Level 4
11 months ago

Empty Folder on PC showing 1.5TB

The dropbox file on the E drive is empty. However, when I right-click and select properties it's showing it contains 1.5TB. Please can someone explain why this is and what to do about it? Thank yo...
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    11 months ago

    MikeBook 

     

    Have you enabled the display of hidden files and folders in Windows, and then looked inside the Dropbox folder?

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MikeBook
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Rich
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11 months ago

MikeBook 

 

Have you enabled the display of hidden files and folders in Windows, and then looked inside the Dropbox folder?

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    MikeBook
    Explorer | Level 4
    11 months ago

    Thanks so much Rich!!!

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