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sjain's avatar
sjain
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

"The directory name is invalid" error after moving the Dropbox folder to another drive

I recently moved the location of my Dropbox to D drive since the latest update automatically changed the default location of dropbox to C drive which had insufficient space. It did not work after ...
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Hannah's avatar
Hannah
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3 years ago

Hey sjain, thanks for letting us know about this.

 

Can you please describe the steps you followed to move the Dropbox folder?

 

Was it manually or did you do it through the application's preferences?

 

Also, are you currently able to open and view your files online, or are you having trouble there as well?

 

Let me know and we'll go from there.

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