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alanon
Explorer | Level 3
16 days ago

Moving the Dropbox folder on Linux Mint 22.2 using the Dropbox desktop app won't work

I've gone over to Linux Mint 22.2, have dropbox installed.  I want to move it to my data drive...no problem.  I made the move using the dropbox app, pointing it to my data drive.  It did the sync fin...
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alanon's avatar
alanon
Explorer | Level 3
16 days ago

Application Affected
Dropbox

Device
Sager Laptop 

Operating System/Browser (if using the web)
Linux Mint 22.2

Dropbox App Version (if using the app)
Uninstalled.

Question or Issue
No matter what I try, including AI, I cannot get Dropbox to move the folder of my data, or install where I want the data, from my local OS drive.  I want it on my local data drive also installed on my laptop.  Is this is a bug?  Is this a limitation?  How do I fix this?  Thank you.  Leaving it uninstalled for now as I can't seem to get this to work properly.

When I used the preferences menu and used the app to select the data drive, it seems to work, but when I restart the computer, I get an error message: 

AI gave me a whole bunch of different coding to use, including initiating symlinks, which were ignored by the dropbox installer/preferences.  

Thank you in advance.  

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    16 days ago

    Thanks for following up with additional information alanon - much appreciated. Did you have the chance to check my previous questions? 

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