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leandrosilva's avatar
leandrosilva
Collaborator | Level 10
12 months ago

Dropbox Folders update on the new Business layout

Hello everyone,   On 18 November Dropbox (v.187.4.5691) received a significant update to its folder structure.   For several hours it was doing the accounting update, with a bunch of constrai...
Desktop
dropbox business
Folders
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    12 months ago

    Deleting or moving that link won't affect the real files stored in the Dropbox folder. It's just a shortcut to the files, just like the shortcuts on your desktop. 

     

    Personally, I'd recommend keeping the link until you've been using the files in the new structure for a while.

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leandrosilva
Collaborator | Level 10

I think I'll have to leave the link, since if I try to move it or even remove it, it will immediately start removing files and folders from Dropbox.

 

Jay's avatar
Jay
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12 months ago

Deleting or moving that link won't affect the real files stored in the Dropbox folder. It's just a shortcut to the files, just like the shortcuts on your desktop. 

 

Personally, I'd recommend keeping the link until you've been using the files in the new structure for a while.

  • leandrosilva's avatar
    leandrosilva
    Collaborator | Level 10
    12 months ago

    Yes, that's exactly what I thought.
    Thanks Jay

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