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Post T.'s avatar
Post T.
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Dropbox keeps complaining about "Can't Sync 'System Volume Information'"

Dropbox Windows client 3.0.5, running on Windows 8.1 I have a dedicated partition / drive for Dropbox, and Windows created "System Volume Information" folder on its root directory. Dropbox clie...
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  • Reg A.'s avatar
    Reg A.
    10 years ago

    I sent a reply but it seems to have evaporated.  Yes, changing permissions seems to have cracked it.  I accept deleting the folder wouldn't help.  And it seem to me you can't create a folder with the same name because the OS would just say that it already exists, yes?.

    The takeown command was a new one to me; it may have been valuable but I can't tell.  Certainly changing permissions was the important thing, and also de-selecting it once it was visible finally clinched it.

    So thanks, guys, good work; I am grateful.

     

VDas U.'s avatar
VDas U.
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Same problem here!

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