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KrisHughes
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3 years ago
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Desktop icons haven't synced

I'm setting up a new Win 10 laptop. Dropbox seems to have imported my files nicely, but I use my desktop a lot as a handy way to grab frequently used files, and the desktop shortcuts to those files h...
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    KrisHughes
    3 years ago

    Yes. At the time I asked the question it had finished syncing, and the desktop shortcuts were not showing. I wondered whether I would have to recreate them one-by-one, so looking at my 'desktop' file in file explorer I clicked 'create a shortcut' on one item. Bang! They all appeared. I don't claim to understand it, but at least it's sorted.

KrisHughes's avatar
KrisHughes
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago

Yes. At the time I asked the question it had finished syncing, and the desktop shortcuts were not showing. I wondered whether I would have to recreate them one-by-one, so looking at my 'desktop' file in file explorer I clicked 'create a shortcut' on one item. Bang! They all appeared. I don't claim to understand it, but at least it's sorted.

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Megan
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3 years ago

Amazing news KrisHughes! 

 

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