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Sunny7
3 years agoNew member | Level 2
I deleted Dropbox from my computer and some of my desktop files were deleted as well
Dear community,
some months ago I deleted already my dropbox desktop version from my laptop and also deleted my account. But some days ago I saw that one folder with the path "C:\Users\conny\D...
- 3 years ago
Hey Sunny7, thanks for reaching out to the Dropbox Community.
It sounds like you had enabled our backup feature on the Dropbox application, when you had it installed.
This would have moved your desktop folders' paths to Dropbox.
Can you try the steps in this thread, to move the paths of the desktop folders that are now in Dropbox, back to their original locations, to see if that helps?
Let me know how it goes.
Hannah
3 years agoDropbox Staff
Hey Sunny7, thanks for reaching out to the Dropbox Community.
It sounds like you had enabled our backup feature on the Dropbox application, when you had it installed.
This would have moved your desktop folders' paths to Dropbox.
Can you try the steps in this thread, to move the paths of the desktop folders that are now in Dropbox, back to their original locations, to see if that helps?
Let me know how it goes.
- Sunny73 years agoNew member | Level 2
Hello Hannah,
thanks a lot for your help! I followed the navigation in the other post and I could reset the folder location.
Best regards
Cornelia
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