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vikkot
New member | Level 2
7 days ago

Error after installation when Dropbox starts creating a "Dropbox" dedicated folder. (Windows 10)

Hello! After trying to reinstall, clear cache, AppData, all Dropbox folders, and so on, I still get the same error after I successfully install and log in to Dropbox(during the process of Dropbox folder creation). Here is an error:

bn.BUILD_KEY: Dropbox
bn.VERSION: 221.4.5365
bn.constants.WINDOWS_SHELL_EXT_VERSION: 78
bn.is_frozen: True
pid: 4792
cwd: 'C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64'
     real_path='C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64'
               mode=0o40777    uid=0    gid=0
     parent    mode=0o40777    uid=0    gid=0
HOME: None
appdata: 'C:\\Users\\Usr79\\AppData\\Local\\Dropbox\\instance2'
         real_path='C:\\Users\\Usr79\\AppData\\Local\\Dropbox\\instance2'
                   mode=0o40777    uid=0    gid=0
         parent    mode=0o40777    uid=0    gid=0
dropbox_path: None
                        not found
              parent    not found
sys_executable: 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Dropbox\\Client\\Dropbox.exe'
                real_path='C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Dropbox\\Client\\Dropbox.exe'
                          mode=0o100777    uid=0    gid=0
                parent    mode=0o40777    uid=0    gid=0
trace.__file__: 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Dropbox\\Client\\221.4.5365\\python-packages.zip\\dropbox\\client\\ui\\common\\boot_error.pyc'
                real_path='C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Dropbox\\Client\\221.4.5365\\python-packages.zip\\dropbox\\client\\ui\\common\\boot_error.pyc'
                          not found
                parent    not found
TMP: C:\Temp
TEMP: C:\Temp
tempdir: 'C:\\Temp'
         real_path='C:\\Temp'
                   mode=0o40777    uid=0    gid=0
         parent    mode=0o40777    uid=0    gid=0
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "desktop/dropbox/client/main.py", line 5841, in _setup_root_for_account
  File "desktop/dropbox/sync_root/helpers.py", line 187, in create_root_for_account
  File "desktop/dropbox/foundation/futures/basic.py", line 981, in result
  File "desktop/dropbox/sync_root/manager.py", line 319, in create_root
  File "desktop/dropbox/sync_root/handlers/windows/cloud_files.py", line 245, in register
  File "desktop/dropbox/sync_root/handlers/windows/cloud_files.py", line 481, in _register
FileNotFoundError: [WinError -2147024894] The system cannot find the file specified

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