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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.
That was hard work. The "view hidden files" used to be "view hidden and system files" Now you uncheck "Hide system files" from further down the list of viewing options. Then I could see the folder, change its security, and, as you said, it claimed "I can't do that!" but did it anyway. It is still saying it can't sync the "System Volume Information" folder - which is empty anyway - but maybe by tomorrow it will have got the idea that it can!! If it still won't I will try and delete it!
I will come back if any more problems (which seems probable!).
Thanks for your help
