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PtboPete1
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7 months ago
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How can I move my Dropbox folder to an external drive on Win 11?

The current location is at C:/Users/... I'm trying to move it to my D drive. I run through the preferences/sync move and it seems to work BUT when checking it still says C:/Users/... I do have the ...
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    PtboPete1
    7 months ago

    Hey boys and girls, I figured it out. You can't move Dropbox to an existing folder. I deleted the Dropbox folder on D drive then tried the move and voila. We are back in business.😃

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Rich
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7 months ago
PtboPete1 wrote:

I have even gone into regedit changing the C:/users/... to D:/Dropbox. I believe there were 5 entries, reboot, run Dropbox and guess what... C:/Users/...

Don't do this. Dropbox stores move of its configuration in an encrypted database that you can't access. Changing the location in the registry likely isn't enough. Only use the official method of moving the folder or you're going to cause issues.

PtboPete1 wrote:

I run through the preferences/sync move and it seems to work ...

No messages at the end of the process? You gave it enough time to do the move? It's not instant.

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