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jawknee43089's avatar
jawknee43089
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Issue with Dropbox creating a folder and moving all my files into it changing the file path.

Its seems as though the new update creates a folder based on the username and moves all folders and files into it. This is causing all kinds of issues on my end as this is now changing the file path ...
desktop
Mac
Setting up the apps
sync
Rodger S.'s avatar
Rodger S.
New member | Level 2

Not on MAC. We are on Windows server

  • jawknee43089's avatar
    jawknee43089
    New member | Level 2
    2 years ago

    Yes that is correct.

    • Rich's avatar
      Rich
      Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
      2 years ago
      jawknee43089 wrote:

      Yes that is correct.

      I don't think you can prevent those changes. The team admin for your account would have had the option to postpone it for (I believe) 30 days, but that option likely no longer exists if the account has already been converted.

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