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Joeb1
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5 years ago
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directory name is invalid

I recently moved the location of my Dropbox. It is on the same drive only instead of the default path I move it to the root of the drive. Now my shortcuts on my desktop do not work. I get the error "...
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    Joeb1
    5 years ago

    Walter,

    Not sure what happened. It went away.  I was playing with the file I neded in Dropbox so maybe I saved it and that fixed it. All the shortcuts and files got fixed. Strange.

     

    Thanks,

     

    Joe

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Walter
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5 years ago

Hi Joeb1; welcome to our Community!

 

It seems that you enabled the computer backup feature when you moved your Dropbox folder. 

 

Just to make sure we're on the same page, can you let me know what the app is reporting in your system tray and if this happens with all of your desktop's shortcuts? 

 

Thanks! 

 

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    Joeb1
    New member | Level 2
    5 years ago

    Walter,

    Not sure what happened. It went away.  I was playing with the file I neded in Dropbox so maybe I saved it and that fixed it. All the shortcuts and files got fixed. Strange.

     

    Thanks,

     

    Joe

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