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    <title>topic update folder location in Settings and Preferences</title>
    <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Settings-and-Preferences/update-folder-location/m-p/751912#M17407</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;My computer died, I rebuilt it, but the disk ended up being the "D:" instead of the "E:" drive.&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;I need a way to tell DropBox that the folder is on the D drive, but i have found NO WAY to do this. I just get error messages about the folder disappearing. no way to change the folder. I have done this before, so it used to be possible to do that. But now the option disappeared.&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;the instructions on how to "move" the location involve bringing up a UI I can no longer find.&amp;nbsp; Every time I run "dropbox" nothing comes up!&amp;nbsp; I get no user interface at all.&amp;nbsp; It appears to be frozen or broken.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; A couple of times i did get an error display several minutes after starting complaining that the dropbox folder was MISSING but absolutely no way to tell it where the new location is.&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;I no longer have an E drive, so there is no way to put one there temporarily.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;When it says "can't find folder" I just need a way to tell it what the folder is on this computer.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I tried scanning the installation directory for a configuration file.&amp;nbsp; But none.&amp;nbsp; I also tried scanning the windows registry to see if I could find the setting in there and hack around this problem. But I could not find it there.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 09:57:44 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>dragonxks</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2024-02-19T09:57:44Z</dc:date>
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      <title>update folder location</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Settings-and-Preferences/update-folder-location/m-p/751912#M17407</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;My computer died, I rebuilt it, but the disk ended up being the "D:" instead of the "E:" drive.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I need a way to tell DropBox that the folder is on the D drive, but i have found NO WAY to do this. I just get error messages about the folder disappearing. no way to change the folder. I have done this before, so it used to be possible to do that. But now the option disappeared.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;the instructions on how to "move" the location involve bringing up a UI I can no longer find.&amp;nbsp; Every time I run "dropbox" nothing comes up!&amp;nbsp; I get no user interface at all.&amp;nbsp; It appears to be frozen or broken.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; A couple of times i did get an error display several minutes after starting complaining that the dropbox folder was MISSING but absolutely no way to tell it where the new location is.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I no longer have an E drive, so there is no way to put one there temporarily.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;When it says "can't find folder" I just need a way to tell it what the folder is on this computer.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I tried scanning the installation directory for a configuration file.&amp;nbsp; But none.&amp;nbsp; I also tried scanning the windows registry to see if I could find the setting in there and hack around this problem. But I could not find it there.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 09:57:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Settings-and-Preferences/update-folder-location/m-p/751912#M17407</guid>
      <dc:creator>dragonxks</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2024-02-19T09:57:44Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: update folder location</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Settings-and-Preferences/update-folder-location/m-p/752008#M17412</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;As I thought, there is no way to do this.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Best solution is to UNINSTALL and then REINSTALL.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; How LAME!&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2024 18:18:34 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Settings-and-Preferences/update-folder-location/m-p/752008#M17412</guid>
      <dc:creator>dragonxks</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2024-02-18T18:18:34Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: update folder location</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Settings-and-Preferences/update-folder-location/m-p/752109#M17418</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hey there &lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1805576"&gt;@dragonxks&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;- could you clarify at which step of &lt;A href="https://help.dropbox.com/installs/move-dropbox-folder" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;the process&lt;/A&gt; you get stuck exactly?&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Thanks!&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 10:00:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Settings-and-Preferences/update-folder-location/m-p/752109#M17418</guid>
      <dc:creator>Walter</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2024-02-19T10:00:31Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: update folder location</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Settings-and-Preferences/update-folder-location/m-p/752201#M17421</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Walter,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Step two of that process simply does not work.&amp;nbsp; When I choose DropBox from the system menu, NOTHING appears.&amp;nbsp; There is no preferences to select in step 3 there is nothing.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have rebooted several times to make sure there is not a zombie process running preventing this.&amp;nbsp; If I am not logged in, it will bring up a browser to log in, but once that is accomplished it says something like "go to dropbox" and nothing comes up.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I am running Windows 10.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The reinstall DID NOT WORK.&amp;nbsp; It put a new dropbox folder on the C drive, but I can't have it on the C drive.&amp;nbsp; I have the old copy on the D drive and that is where I need it.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I cannot bring up ANY user interface that indicates the location of the drop box folder, much less provide a way to change it.&amp;nbsp; This is super frustrating, and I am seriously considering switching to Apple Cloud.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I can access the web UI for dropbox, and I see all my files there, but I can't find any command there for manipulating the local folder location.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;When I choose the DropBox item from the system menu, it produces absolutely nothing.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Even after uninstalling and reinstalling DropBox.&amp;nbsp; and even after multiple reboots of the system.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;(Also something strange, this forum changed my user ID.&amp;nbsp; I have emails showing the old ID "dropboxks" and now it is strangely changed to "dragonxks" and new email messages show that.&amp;nbsp; I don't care about the online ID but this is very strange)&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 16:27:34 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Settings-and-Preferences/update-folder-location/m-p/752201#M17421</guid>
      <dc:creator>dragonxks</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2024-02-19T16:27:34Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: update folder location</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Settings-and-Preferences/update-folder-location/m-p/752261#M17425</link>
      <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1805576"&gt;@dragonxks&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;
&lt;P&gt;It put a new dropbox folder on the C drive, but I can't have it on the C drive.&amp;nbsp; I have the old copy on the D drive and that is where I need it.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;During the installation, I believe after you sign in, you can click on Advanced Options to specify the location of your Dropbox folder.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;Also something strange, this forum changed my user ID.&amp;nbsp; I have emails showing the old ID "dropboxks" and now it is strangely changed to "dragonxks" and new email messages show that.&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Not strange at all. You used "Dropbox" in your username and a moderator likely renamed your forum user as a result. Only Dropboxers can use "Dropbox" in their name, to avoid any confusion.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 19:34:26 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Settings-and-Preferences/update-folder-location/m-p/752261#M17425</guid>
      <dc:creator>Rich</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2024-02-19T19:34:26Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: update folder location</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Settings-and-Preferences/update-folder-location/m-p/752325#M17431</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;yes I uninstalled. then reinstalled.&amp;nbsp; Then there is one screen, not obvious, but indeed advanced settings appears.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;That seems a bit extreme asking people to uninstall and then reinstall just to get to the setting dialog.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;WHY do you have a menu option that does nothing?&amp;nbsp; There is a Windows menu for drop box that does not cause anything to appear.&amp;nbsp; I also tried the button that appears when you log in that says "go to DropBox" also causes nothing to appear.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Clearly something is broken.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Also the advanced setting shows a path with "Dropbox" on the end, but if you select that same path in the browser, it warns you that it is going to add another Dropbox on the end.&amp;nbsp; If you want entry of a path without the DropBox then you should show it without the DropBox.&amp;nbsp; That problem has been there for years so nothing new.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;i will mark this resolved since I have the folder on the D drive now.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks for the response.&amp;nbsp; Uninstalling, reinstalling, and choosing the "only ever shown once" advanced options did the trick.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 23:28:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Settings-and-Preferences/update-folder-location/m-p/752325#M17431</guid>
      <dc:creator>dragonxks</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2024-02-19T23:28:05Z</dc:date>
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