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Orange Minus what does the icon mean?
Hello-
A couple of days ago, my Dropbox files suddently had an orange minus sign and the content was unavailable. I Googled the symbol, and uninstalled OneDrive---without success. This may be assoc...
Hey JWMS, jumping in here as well, I hope that's okay!
Deleting the Dropbox folder from your snippet above, would cause your Dropbox folder to be deleted and along with it, all your Dropbox files and the backed up files, so please refrain from doing that.
If the files in your Dropbox folder are old and useless to you, you're welcome to delete those ones, and the deletion will sync to your account on dropbox.com.
But now, what needs to be done is basically up to you.
Do you want your desktop files to be backed up to Dropbox, so you can access a static copy on dropbox.com?
Or do you want to sync them? If you sync them, you'll be able to access and edit them both from your Dropbox folder and dropbox.com, whereas with Backup, you can just view them on dropbox.com, but not edit them.
If you'd like to sync them, they'll need to be added to your Dropbox folder, outside the PC folder.
To be safe, if you want to do this, I would suggest disabling the backup, so that your desktop folders are moved back to their original locations on your computer.
And then, you can move only the files you want to the Dropbox folder, to sync them to your account.
It's up to you, but I hope this helps!
Walter
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHey there JWMS, sorry to hear you're having issues with this.
Could you have a look at your account's settings online and also at the app's preferences under the Account tab and let me know if you can see the exact same email address on both places?
Let me know and we'll take it from there.
Thanks, Walter-
I found the email address on Accounts, but not on Apps--this is what I saw:
(Note that you are dealing with a senior citizen that is not super computer-savy..........Thanks, JWMS
- Rich
Super User II
JWMS wrote:
I found the email address on Accounts, but not on Apps
Walter is referring to the Dropbox app, not the Apps tab on the website.
Sorry--there is no Dropbox icon on my Taskbar. When I want to my desktop, two Dropbox icons appear. The upper one gives me one set of folders (not the much larger set of folders I normally use), and the other one does nothing. See the snip below:
Also, when I go to Search, on my taskbar and click on the Dropbox app, nothing happens....
Thanks!
JWMS- Nancy
Hi JWMS! I hope you're doing great.
What if you click on the "Open" button, as shown in your last screenshot? Do you see anything else then in your computer's system tray?
Also, when looking at your system tray (at the bottom part of your computer, close to clock settings), do you see any small arrows? If yes, please click there too, and let me know if you can see a small Dropbox icon now.
