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CB23
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2 years ago

Trying to Access Folder That Is On My Desktop But Not Online

I recently removed dropbox from my desktop to have more space on my computer. As I was trying to access my files, I realized some items did not transfer over. I can see them in my Microsoft word rece...
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CB23
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Thank you for your response. No I didn’t delete the folder but I did only save it to Dropbox. When I went to my Microsoft word, all the documents are still visible in my recently opened but says I cannot open them due to no access. I cannot find the folder or even search for the documents in Dropbox though.
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Megan
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2 years ago

Hi CB23, if you can't locate the content in any the pages that Walter provided above, that means they were never synced to Dropbox in the first place. 

 

When was the last time -if ever- that you saw these files online? 

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