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richant
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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 o...
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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
2 years ago

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

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    Jay
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    2 years ago

    Could you try moving the Dropbox folder to another location entirely, let the move complete entirely, and then see what's left in the C:/Users/name/Dropbox location?

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