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Jhood89
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3 years ago

Moving from C drive to D drive (two Dropbox folders) - anything to worry about?

Hi gang,    So I've gotten myself into a mess - and hoping you can tell me if this process is going to create any big headaches or problems for me?  What's the situation?  I have a Dropbox ...
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Hannah
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3 years ago

Hey Jhood89, thanks for posting to the Dropbox Community today!

 

You'll actually want to follow these steps below, to resolve this issue:

 

  1. Uninstall Dropbox.
  2. Rename your existing Dropbox folder (the one in D) to "Dropbox (old)" or similar. 
  3. Reinstall Dropbox and select the location that you want for the Dropbox folder from the advanced settings during the installation. 
  4. When the installation is finished, Dropbox will immediately start to sync, so you'll need to pause syncing or exit Dropbox. 
  5. Move only the content of "Dropbox (old)" into the newly created Dropbox folder. When the move is complete, and not before, resume syncing or re-launch Dropbox.

 

Let me know how it goes!

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