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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.
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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.
I had this problem with my new Surface Pro running Windows 10. I ended up changing how I dedicate several "drives" to different folders using VSubst. I then had to erase the "System Volume Information".
First follow the initial part of Will T.2's advice and "Go to the location of the system volume information folder and right click -> properties -> security -> advanced -> add "users" with full access" - add myself. Then open the folder and do similar to the Volume Information file - right click -> properties -> security -> advanced -> change owner to myself, then close this and the properties slecting any "OK"s. Then right click -> properties -> security -> advanced -> add "users" with full access" - add myself.
You can then delete the folder and the file in it since it is not needed if you use VSubst to map folders to drives.
