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I can't move my Dropbox folder from D: to C: after reinstalling the app
After Windows 11 Home crashed, I had to rebuild the OS and then reinstall Dropbox. I had been using d:\Dropbox as my folder location. But Dropbox started using c:\Users\<username>\Dropbox\.
Now...
Nancy
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorHmm, I see. Can you upload a screenshot of the error you’re getting, as well as the actual location of the Dropbox folder on your d:\ drive?
I’d like to have a visual and check what else we can try.
Here you go.
- Hannah
Hey torrmundi, sorry to jump in here.
Without renaming your old Dropbox folder, this won't work, I'm afraid.
You'll need to rename your existing Dropbox folder to "Dropbox (old)" or similar.
Then, once you select the location that you want for the Dropbox folder and the app starts to sync, you'll need to pause syncing.
Then, move only the content of "Dropbox (old)" into the newly created Dropbox folder.When the move is complete, and not before, resume syncing.
Hannah, thanks for jumping in. But your solution has a problem. After renaming d:/Dropbox to d:Dropbox (old) and then restarting the Dropbox app, selecting the new location as d:/, then stopping sync, I tried to copy folders from d://Dropbox (old) to d://Dropbox. Some folders would copy, but most fail with some sort of copy protection error. I then Quit the Dropbox app, rebooted, and retried to copy. Same problem. Windows Explorer said:
What if I change my Dropbox location to d:\\Dropbox(temp), say. Then copy from d:\\Dropbox (old) to d:\\Dropbox. Then change my Dropbox location back to d:\\Dropbox. Would that work?
