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jsauser11
Helpful | Level 6
10 months ago
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I need to sync my Documents folder in real time with the rest of my computers

Howdy. Installed desktop ver. 197.4.7571 on my Windows 10 desktop machine today, and made a mistake to set my online Documents folder to BACKUP. Now the files that are in that folder are on my Wind...
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  • jsauser11's avatar
    jsauser11
    10 months ago

    Worked it out. Moved my documents folder into the dropbox folder and now multi unit sync is back to where it was before setting up Backup.

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robertwold
Explorer | Level 3
10 months ago

Easy fix! Unlink "BACKUP" folder in Dropbox settings. Then set your online Documents folder for real_time sync and move files back to Documents. This will trigger syncing on both devices

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jsauser11
Helpful | Level 6
10 months ago

OK.  I deleted the BACKUP, but now how do I go about getting the files in my Documents folder to re-sync in real time? I set Preferences>Sync to "Available offline", and Selective Sync to PC>Documents, save, but files in my Documents folder do not appear in Dropbox.

  • jsauser11's avatar
    jsauser11
    Helpful | Level 6
    10 months ago

    Worked it out. Moved my documents folder into the dropbox folder and now multi unit sync is back to where it was before setting up Backup.

    • Ravip's avatar
      Ravip
      Helpful | Level 6
      10 months ago

      Did you end up disabling Backup permanently?

      • jsauser11's avatar
        jsauser11
        Helpful | Level 6
        10 months ago

        Yes I did.

    • Catalina1's avatar
      Catalina1
      Helpful | Level 5
      10 months ago

      jsauser11  Is the Downloads folder also syncing correctly with the other devices?. I could manage some of my folders in the Dropbox folder, but the big problems I have are the Downloads folder and Desktop folder. 

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