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bspachman
Explorer | Level 4
10 months ago

Backup software errors with cache placeholder reparse points.

Hi all--   One of my Windows machines has started throwing errors on every backup. The error is:   19-Mar-2024 01:07:07 -05:00 Error: C:\Users\<user>\Documents\My Dropbox\.dropbox.cache\qebco...
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bspachman's avatar
bspachman
Explorer | Level 4

Thanks! I agree that excluding is the simplest way to go, but it does make managing the backup configuration more tedious. I have this same question out to the backup software's developer, so at this point, I'm mostly wondering why this change happened after years of the backup program and Dropbox coexisting peacefully. 🙂

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Glen B.
Explorer | Level 4
9 months ago

My backup burped on those placeholder.xxx files too. First time it happened was on this week's weekly backup. Hasn't happened in the previous decade. I agree that excluding it from the backup set is one solution, sure, but it does make the config messier. Instead I deleted the folder named "qebcobkqbgpbzfynfuwbof" that contained all those .xxx files. Let's see if DropBox can live without it.

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