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Richard P.44
Helpful | Level 7
8 years ago
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I get an error message that Windows System Restore failed?

Hi When I run Windows System Restore it fails with this error message System Restore failed to replace the file (D:\Users\*******\Dropbox\.dropbox.cache\qebcobkqbgbzfynfuwbof\placeholder.bat) wit...
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  • radical_exponent's avatar
    radical_exponent
    3 years ago

    Hi everyone,

     

    We're testing out some changes in v182 (currently in beta) that should hopefully help with this. Let us know if you continue to run into problems.

     

    Thanks

just-a-user's avatar
just-a-user
Explorer | Level 4
7 years ago

I gave up on Dropbox a week ago and am now using Tresorit.  Will be closing my Dropbox account once my testing of the new system is done.

Finlander's avatar
Finlander
Helpful | Level 6
7 years ago

My solution, for now (because even excluding .dropbox.cache from the image doesn't seem to guarantee that Dropbox still doesn't somehow corrupt the restore points), was to acquire a second SSD for my laptop and move the dropbox folder there. Annoying that this was the only solution, but Dropbox is used too much as a part of the workflow (so I can't replace it yet), and I must have the restore points available. :slight_frown:

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