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richant
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Installed on windows 11 - folder path now changed to C:/Users/name/Dropbox/Dropbox

Installed dropbox on windows 11 - folder path now changed to C:/Users/name/Dropbox/Dropbox

Looks like a .dropbox.cache folder a level above the normal dropbox folder

This creates a problem when I open the files on the new windows 11 PC - my CAD program can no longer find the files as the path has changed and would have to manually relocate all the file again.

The folder path was C:/Users/name/Dropbox on the previous windows 10 PC.

I'm still using the win10 PC and it keeps files synced between the two.

Is there a way to reinstall dropbox on the windows 11 machine so it doesn't have the double dropbox folder structure?

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
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    Hi richant, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

     

    Did you use the default installation options for the app when installing it?

     

    This will help me to assist further!

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      richant
      New member | Level 2

      Yes I think I did. Cant remember specifying a custom location on install

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    richant
    New member | Level 2

    In preferences is shows dropbox folder location as C:/Users/name/Dropbox/Dropbox

    If I try and change it to level above it just says dropbox already installed in this location

    • Jay's avatar
      Jay
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      When you try and move the folder, could you try moving it to  C:/Users/name/, as this will then create the Dropbox folder name itself?

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        richant
        New member | Level 2

        Yeah tried that and it just says dropbox already installed in this location

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