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I can't see the folders I want to back up with Dropbox Backup
I can't see my computer directories just the preselected ones like "desktop" The animated logo is confusion and seems to show you can select files - I can't even see the directories. I see that th...
Yes I followed all the steps - 3 times Using version 2133.4480
This si what I see - No computer or the ability to pick directories
Rich
Super User II
Super User IINo computer or the ability to pick directories
What you're seeing is correct. You can only select folders from within your user profile.
Thanks so much. So how do I change my user profile to include all directories on my c and d drives?
- Rich
So how do I change my user profile to include all directories on my c and d drives?
That's not something that Dropbox does as it's your computer user profile which Dropbox doesn't control, and I don't know that it would allow Dropbox to back up those folders even if you moved them to your user profile.
You could try it simply by moving one of the folders from your C: drive into your user profile folder and seeing if it's recognized by the Backup feature. That being said, it's not something I would recommend.
The other alternative would be to move those folders into one of the folders that Backup does recognize, such as Documents, and then choose to backup the Documents folder with Dropbox.
