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GabDun
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago
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Move Dropbox from C:// drive to D:// drive.

In order o work more comfortably,  I would like to release C:// drive from Dropbox sync and instead starting using drive D://. Which the process path ? 1/ Unsync 2/ Uninstall DB 3/ Reinstal...
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  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
    2 years ago

    Hey GabDun, I see, thanks for the info! 

     

    I would personally rename the Dropbox folder in the 😧 drive to something irrelevant, and then start the process again.

     

    Once everything is complete, you can then remove the old Dropbox folder, and keep the current one. 

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Rich
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2 years ago
GabDun wrote:

... this time I am receiving an error message "This folder already contains a Dropbox directory"

Rename the Dropbox folder on your D drive to Dropbox_OLD or similar, then start the process over again. Don't delete either Dropbox folder until the process is done and you're sure that all of your files are in the correct location.

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