dankohn Explorer | Level 4

I don't have that issue because the only thing locked is the symlink, not the actual folder or its file contents. So, any changes to the files still sync normally. You need to delete the Desktop and create a symlink like I show at the very top of this thread.

Thank you for those links. Dropbox's change in handling symlinks is unrelated because I keep the "real" Desktop folder inside the Dropbox folder. The solution was provided by @"niazy" lower down the thread: After creating the symlink to my Dropbox desktop folder, I locked the link file by displaying its info and checking…