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Moving dropbox sync folder location

Moving dropbox sync folder location

phschutz
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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.avi". and the move process is stopped.

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Robert J.
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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-D...

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.

pablolupo
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I had have the same problem and it was the solution for me!
Thank you so much!
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