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drum_stu
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7 years ago
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I have a handle leak from Dropbox?

My laptop is extremely slow and my webroot analyzer says I have a handle leak coming from Dropbox. How do I fix this?
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    drum_stu
    7 years ago

    Hi Jay,

    Thanks for replying. I saw this article but fixed the issue myself. The laptop is my wife's and the Dropbox folder was located in an obscure area on the computer. I copied it and moved it to the Program files (x86) folder, rebooted and everything is working nomally as before. It looks like there was an update two days ago. Why the folder was where it was I couldn't say. But there was nothing in the Program files area. 

    Again, thanks for replying. 

    Stuart 

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drum_stu
New member | Level 2
7 years ago

Hi Jay,

Thanks for replying. I saw this article but fixed the issue myself. The laptop is my wife's and the Dropbox folder was located in an obscure area on the computer. I copied it and moved it to the Program files (x86) folder, rebooted and everything is working nomally as before. It looks like there was an update two days ago. Why the folder was where it was I couldn't say. But there was nothing in the Program files area. 

Again, thanks for replying. 

Stuart 

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Jay
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7 years ago
Okay, I’m glad to hear that it seems to be working for you now!
 
Have a great weekend!

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