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10 years agoNew member | Level 1
Dropbox keeps complaining about "Can't Sync 'System Volume Information'"
Dropbox Windows client 3.0.5, running on Windows 8.1
I have a dedicated partition / drive for Dropbox, and Windows created "System Volume Information" folder on its root directory.
Dropbox clie...
- 10 years ago
I sent a reply but it seems to have evaporated. Yes, changing permissions seems to have cracked it. I accept deleting the folder wouldn't help. And it seem to me you can't create a folder with the same name because the OS would just say that it already exists, yes?.
The takeown command was a new one to me; it may have been valuable but I can't tell. Certainly changing permissions was the important thing, and also de-selecting it once it was visible finally clinched it.
So thanks, guys, good work; I am grateful.
Reg A.
10 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Thanks for that reply, Will.
Yes, using the dir /A:S I can indeed see the folder System Volume Information. But I'm unsure what the takeown command is going to do that helps me. I can only run it on files, it seems, not folders. So can you advise what I shouid do with it? I can't delete the folder, obviously, so I need to make it such that Dropbox will process it. Presumably now Dropbox looks at the folder, finds it can't access it or something, and just sits there waiting till it can.
So your first suggestion is great - I can now SEE the damned folder - but I need advice as to what to do with it now.
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