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jamesoliverfox
New member | Level 2
4 years ago

directory name is invalid

Hi all, please help. 

I moved my Dropbox folder and now when I try to open a file from File Explorer it says 'directory name is invalid'. Using Windows 10.

Can anyone let me know how to rectify?

Many thanks

James

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  • jamesoliverfox's avatar
    jamesoliverfox
    4 years ago

    OK, seems to have fixed itself! Restarted dropbox, still didn't work. Tried again after posting this thread, suddenly all files open without the error.

  • UGUK's avatar
    UGUK
    New member | Level 2
    3 years ago

    A few of my files had the same issue and I just cut and pasted them within the same folder and that fixed it 

  • jamesoliverfox's avatar
    jamesoliverfox
    New member | Level 2
    4 years ago

    OK, seems to have fixed itself! Restarted dropbox, still didn't work. Tried again after posting this thread, suddenly all files open without the error.

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