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Can I back up my computer folders after moving the Dropbox folder to another drive?
Users C Drive is low on Space. There is another D Drive installed that has more than enough space. When I attempted to just move the Dropbox folder, it told me it couldnt because the Backups were on a different Drive. So I stopped backups of the folders (Desktop, Documents, Downloads), Did what I needed to do to move them…
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Full offline installer of Dropbox app for windows 11
I believe there is a restriction on my work station that installer won't work on my windows 11. I always need full offline version of windows desktop dropbox to be able to use it on my desktop. Now a new version of dropbox has come out and my old version does not sync anymore. I have uninstall old version but can't find…
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Updater fails to update desktop app because of denied access to security folder or logs
Application Affected Dropbox Desktop Device PC Operating System/Browser (if using the web) Windows 10 Dropbox App Version (if using the app) 225.4.4896 (Desktop) Question or Issue When updating using the exe downloaded from https://www.dropbox.com/downloading (link given by desktop app) the updater gives timed out error.…
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Annoying pop-ups when I open my desktop app. Can I turn them off?
I have a similar problem to the one others have raised about this annoying pop up wwhen I open dropbox, only mine says Search Dropbox followed by upgrade, there is no arrow as has been suggested and it's blooming annoying, unhelpful, unwanted and un needed. Please help, desktop pc with Win 11, Dropbox free version Grahame
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Dropbox silently enabled the setting to automatically upload my PC photos.
I've had the occasion to do a fresh install of dropbox on a couple of windows PCs recently, and both times I've discovered after the fact that the default windows autoplay setting was changed to enable silent uploading of files to Dropbox's photos folder. This setting had previously been set to simply open the volume in…
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I downloaded the desktop app on my Windows, but can't install it.
Device (MSI) Operating System/Browser (if using the web) (Windows 11) Desktop app stopped working. Tried downloading several months ago and it seemed to have worked but the desktop app disappeared again. Tried to download the standard version as well as the offline version, didn't work. Tried tuning off security,…
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My files are not uploading to the cloud
HP desktop Operating System/Browser (if using the web) Windows 10 Dropbox App Version (if using the app) 244.4.6580 auto updated on 3-18-2026 Syncing Status "Syncing 7 files" Question or Issue Since the app updated on my computer, none of the files are being uploaded, Only files from my pictures are uploaded. I researched…
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How can I remove a backup from my Dropbox account?
Device Dell Inserpon Operating System/Browser (if using the web) (Windows 11, Dropbox App Version (if using the a Syncing Status ("Up to date", " Question or Issue I have files from my previous employment that I no longer need to access through the Drobox app on my Windows computer. But I still want to have access to those…
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Dropbox is trying to download my offline files and I can't move my Dropbox folder to another drive.
Device (Dell PC) Operating System/Browser (if using the web) (Windows 11) Question or Issue I have been trying to change the location of my Dropbox folder using the Change location tab in the preferences......sync part of my app, from am almost full C: drive to my virtually empty D: drive. The process begins, and although…
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Unable to set files to "available offline" on Windows
Hi, can't get the files to be stored locally. This is how it looks in file explorer: This is the settings in the app: This is the properties of the Dropbox-folder: