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MariaRATX
New member | Level 2
3 months ago

I tried to move some folders back to Dropbox and they got corrupted during the process.

I moved 2 subfolders from a shared dropbox folder to a folder on my desktop. Not long after, I moved them back to the dropbox shared folder and trashed the desktop folder. I did not turn off my lapto...
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    MariaRATX
    3 months ago

    UPDATE! Problem solved via tech support which I found. My Dropbox expertise deficiency! I didn't know that if I deleted the folders from the desktop of my laptop . . . they also are deleted from Dropbox as well and so support led me to my trash in Dropbox and there were the dang folders! THANK GOD! So I hope someone else sees this and benefits from my pain. Thank you Nancy for initially responding to me here. Problem solved. Cheers all! 

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