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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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GabDun
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Thx Megan and Rich,

The migration went well and I can now have access to the new "D://Dropbox" location.

Prudent I haven't deleted the "D://Dropbox_OLD" folder.

 

The reason is that I still see an active copy of all my content in the C://User/removed/Dropbox drive (?)

 

What shall I do to ensure that the C:// drive can be smartly released from all those files, eliminate redundancy of location?

 

(I will proceed with deleting "Dropbox_OLD" on the nes D:// drive only at the end of the process.

 

Thx for your advise.

 

Gabriel

 

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Megan
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2 years ago

Hi GabDun, if you checked the app's preferences, and made sure that the Dropbox folder location is in your D drive, plus not seeing any syncing icons in your C: drive, then I think you're safe to delete the folder there.

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