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Dave_Rado
Collaborator | Level 10
7 months ago

System restore on Windows not working due to an error referring to a Dropbox folder

I need to restore my system due to a problem with my Windows/Fonts folder. However, whenever I try to run System Restore, after about 20 minutes Windows restarts with the following error message: ...
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DrNic74
Explorer | Level 3
2 hours ago

Somewhat unbelievably, some 7 years on from the issue first being reported, I am having the same issue. Just tried to do a system restore (for a fairly minor OS glitch) on my Windows 10 desktop and finding out it can’t be done because of Dropbox’s incompetence. I’ve deleted the app and the cache and tried system restore again, as with Dave above, and no luck. Is there NO workaround to this? This is absolutely appalling. 

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