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Moving dropbox sync folder location
When moving the location of my Drpbox sync folders from one drive to another, I get the following error message: "Couldn't move junction point: C:\Users\.....\Dropbox\.drpbox.cache\...\placeholder.av...
It's the same problem as I reported in 14.3.17 here:
https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Installation-and-desktop-app/Problem-with-making-a-local-backup-of-Dropbox-folder-version-14/m-p/193333#M40904
The placeholder.* files created by that release in a subfolder called 'qebcobkqbgpbzfynfuwbof' in the .dropbox.cache folder are unreadable by Windows 8.1 and Windows 10.It's only that subfolder that you need to delete.
Mark
Super User II
Super User IIDo you have any junctions in your Dropbox folders?
I'm sorry, I do not know what a junction is. Appreciate if you can explain what is a Junction in non-technical terms.
I have this same error trying to move my dropbox from C to my Bigger E drive off my OS ssd's. And I don't know what a junction is either. and I'm fairly techy :(
Any thoughts? It starts the move process then quits at that folder. I'll be maybe manually moving it and see if it'll continue the process. I'll report my findings, but it is a problem it'd seem. Stuck on the placeholder.avi file :(
Update: I deleted those files , all of them from that folder ( you have to have hidden files showing in explorer in windows) and then it'd allowed me to move my dropbox to another drive.
Hope that helps
I have the same problem, I went to delete the files like was mentioned, but even when I enable hidden files and folders I don't have that folder.
