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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...
desktop
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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

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Skulcar
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago

Is this fix working on Windows 11 as well? Thanks

Lokiwuh's avatar
Lokiwuh
Helpful | Level 6
4 years ago
As they don't respond, it's obvious that Dropbox is still not addressing this issue. They obviously don't care about their customers or your data. To those of you who are capable, you can use a nextcloud server as a replacement for Dropbox. It can be set up on Windows or Linux. It's free and it can be found here https://nextcloud.com/ good luck!
  • codeveroby's avatar
    codeveroby
    Explorer | Level 4
    4 years ago

    I'm here in 2022 and this was not solved yet. DropBox completely bricked my computer system recovery image.

    Worst app ever. I'll make sure to post 1 star reviews everywhere I can.

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