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Nathanel T.'s avatar
Nathanel T.
Helpful | Level 5
11 years ago

This folder already contains a Dropbox directory. (Dropbox 3.03 on Fedora 21 (x64)

Is this some kind of a joke? I keep my dropbox folder on a separate partition to simply redirect the dropbox daemon to that location and not have to go through the whole download process all over aga...
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    8 years ago
    Uninstall Dropbox if it's installed. Rename your existing Dropbox folder to Dropbox_OLD or similar. Reinstall Dropbox and select the location that you want for the Dropbox folder. Keep in mind that external drives are NOT recommended as data loss can occur under the right conditions. When the installation is finished, Dropbox will immediately start to sync. Pause syncing or exit Dropbox. Move the content of Dropbox_OLD into the newly created Dropbox folder. When the move is complete, and not before, resume syncing or re-launch Dropbox.

    At this point Dropbox will begin indexing all of your files. This process will take a while, especially with 700GB of data to go through. During this time it may say that files are uploading or downloading, but it's only transferring comparison data and any changes that it find. be patient and LET IT WORK.
Afdhal T.'s avatar
Afdhal T.
New member | Level 1

My local Dropbox folder is in separated partition (non OS).

I just recently change to different OS and I can't make my Dropbox to be synced with the folder. It gives me "This folder already contains a Dropbox directory." error.

 

Making new folder is not practical as my current account has large files in it.

 

Any workaround?

Marcelo R.6's avatar
Marcelo R.6
New member | Level 2
9 years ago

I just had the same issue. My Dropbox folder is located in an external USB Hard Drive, I bought a new Notebook, installed the Dropbox app but could not sync the folders because it says "This folder already contains a Dropbox".

Do you know whether there is a solution for tha or not? If not I'm gonna cancel immediately my subscription.

 

 

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