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sgosnell
Helpful | Level 6
5 years ago

Move dropbox folder back to original location

My dropbox folder got moved to a different location, and I want to move it back to where it was.  When I try to do that, it complains that there is already a dropbox folder there and refuses to use t...
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    sgosnell
    5 years ago

    Actually, it wasn't so painful.  I bit the bullet and deleted the original dropbox folder, then had it do the move.  No resync, it just moved the entire directory.  Not a lot of documentation about this that I've been able to find, but at least I learned something, so it was a good day. 

sgosnell's avatar
sgosnell
Helpful | Level 6
5 years ago

Actually, it wasn't so painful.  I bit the bullet and deleted the original dropbox folder, then had it do the move.  No resync, it just moved the entire directory.  Not a lot of documentation about this that I've been able to find, but at least I learned something, so it was a good day. 

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