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Windows 10 Quick Access Resets to Old (Incorrect) Dropbox Path
I installed a very large SSD main drive, then moved the DropBox files to that drive from a second drive. I then unpinned the incorrect "Dropbox" from the Quick access tree in the File Explorer on the top left. Then I repinned the new and correct Dropbox path to Quick access by dragging it into Quick access.
Unfortunately, either Windows or Dropbox keeps changing the path back to the old one that is not valid. Generally this change seems to happen after every reboot.
Does anyone have a solution to this annoyance? I use Quick access a lot, and count on the Dropbox paths in that list being correct.
There is one other item to add to this: I have two Dropbox accounts in Quick access. One is business and the other is personal. The business account path always works.
Walter - thank you for response. I found the solution and I explain it below.
The problem is not with Dropbox. It is with Windows 10. If we try to unpin a path that does not exist from Windows 10 Quick access, then Windows may fail with the unpin - even though it does not appear to fail. You will know that it fails after a Windows restart. The incorrect path continues to come back.
I know that it is also possible to reset Quick access - but I didn't want to do that because it would cause my setup to lose all the other paths there.
The solution I found is this:
1) In Quick access, right click on the path that keeps reappearing incorrectly.
2) Click on properties.
3) In the General tab menu, find the Location. This will show a path. For example, my location showed "D:\Documents" - because the old path for Dropbox (Personal) was D:\Documents\Dropbox (Personal).
4) Using the File Explorer, manually create the path that was previously deleted.
5) In Quick access, unpin the reference to the path.
6) Drag and drop the correct Dropbox (Personal) path icon into Quick access.
After restarting windows, you will find the incorrect path does not come back again.
Regards,
Michael Cone
- Walter
Dropbox Staff
Hey there MichaelCone - sorry for the tardy response, are you still having issues with this?
If so, could you please provide me with a screenshot so that I can have a better understanding of what could be causing this?
Walter - thank you for response. I found the solution and I explain it below.
The problem is not with Dropbox. It is with Windows 10. If we try to unpin a path that does not exist from Windows 10 Quick access, then Windows may fail with the unpin - even though it does not appear to fail. You will know that it fails after a Windows restart. The incorrect path continues to come back.
I know that it is also possible to reset Quick access - but I didn't want to do that because it would cause my setup to lose all the other paths there.
The solution I found is this:
1) In Quick access, right click on the path that keeps reappearing incorrectly.
2) Click on properties.
3) In the General tab menu, find the Location. This will show a path. For example, my location showed "D:\Documents" - because the old path for Dropbox (Personal) was D:\Documents\Dropbox (Personal).
4) Using the File Explorer, manually create the path that was previously deleted.
5) In Quick access, unpin the reference to the path.
6) Drag and drop the correct Dropbox (Personal) path icon into Quick access.
After restarting windows, you will find the incorrect path does not come back again.
Regards,
Michael Cone
- Walter
Glad to hear you discovered this by yourself and also thank you for circling back here to let us know about this Michael - I appreciate it.
If you ever come up with a Dropbox question, do let us know.
In the meantime, have a maginificent week ahead MichaelCone!
