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alanon
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29 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 fine, moved the files over, and all is good.  

Restart.  Upon restart, I get this error message, and can't do anything about it.  

If I do a relink, it automatically installs the dropbox back on my OS drive and ignores everything it had just done prior the restart.  How do I fix this without reinstalling it on my OS drive?

Thank you.

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    Neal
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    8 days ago

    Hi alanon​,

    I just wanted to chime in and see if I can help here.

    After looking at your screenshot and seeing the file path /media/$USER/data/Dropbox, I was wondering, are you moving your dropbox folder to an External drive or was it already on an external drive and you're attempting to move it from it to another space?

    I ask because the Dropbox folder is not meant to be stored on an external drive as it can cause issues.

    Can you please confirm?

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