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Hamir the Hermit
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4 months ago
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How can I move my Dropbox folder to another hard drive?

I need to move Dropbox from my C to my D Drive because my C Drive is running out of space.  I looked up the instructions on the Help pages, but they are absolutely worthless.  They say that I need to...
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    The Muley
    4 months ago

    My problem has been solved. The problem was that there was no useable Dropbox icon in the system tray at all--just a link to the Win Explore Dropbox folder. My solution was to completely uninstall Dropbox and then re-install from scratch. Voila, there is a different Dropbox icon in the sys tray. Now I can click on it and get a small settings window that enables me to move Dropbox to another drive. 

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Jay
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4 months ago

Hi Hamir the Hermit, thanks for messaging the Community.

What do you see when you click the Dropbox icon in the system tray near the clock?

Do you see an avatar or your initials anywhere there?

Any other info or screenshots would be helpful!

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Hamir the Hermit
New member | Level 2
4 months ago

So, this is what I see.  There is no DropBox icon, even when I open via that little expansion arrow.  If I click on my Dropbox Icon on my desktop, or open it via what passes for the start menu these days, I just open a Windows Explorer Window that has no Icons or Initials.  I have the same issue Muley has. 

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