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Forum Discussion
Is it possible to keep my desktop folder files available in Dropbox (not as a Backup but as synced)?
Before the most recent major update (like a year ago, I'm not sure), I had the location of my Dropbox folder as the desktop folder of my computer. That made it so I could use the desktop to have clea...
I may have designated the Dropbox folder to be in my user folder so it would contain my desktop folder. But I may have designated the dropbox folder to be the desktop folder. I don't remember. I just remember that my desktop folder was easily found on the web version of Dropbox and in the mobile app along with all my other synced files.
I see that I can access my desktop folder in the backups section in the web version of Dropbox, but is there any way to adjust settings so that I can access my desktop files in the app along with my synced files?
Otherwise I guess I'll have to use a mobile browser to access my desktop files, which seems kind of strange to have to do when there's an app.
I know most people would just use the dropbox folder to house files being worked on so that they can be easily synced, but I like the visual reminders of seeing my most active files on my desktop.
