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TerryMcC's avatar
TerryMcC
New member | Level 1
6 hours ago

I can't see the folders I want to back up with Dropbox Backup

I can't see my computer directories just the preselected ones like "desktop"    The animated logo is confusion and seems to show you can select files - I can't even see the directories. I see that th...
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Rich's avatar
Rich
Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
6 hours ago
TerryMcC wrote:

I can't see my computer directories just the preselected ones like "desktop"

Where are the folders that you're trying to back up? You can select other folders within your user profile, but you can't select folders from elsewhere on the computer.

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