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JJ777
New member | Level 2
2 years ago
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Choosing my Dropbox folder location and renaming it as well

I'm using Windows 11. My C drive is an SSD (solid-state drive) with limited space and my D drive is a 1 TB HDD (hard disk). Dropbox wants to put its folder on the C: drive. I'm trying to change it to...
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    2 years ago

    Hi JJ777, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

     

    As you've discovered, it isn't possible to rename the Dropbox folder itself. 

     

    However, you can place it inside the 'D:\myusername' folder, and it will automatically create the Dropbox folder within there. 

     

    If you have any further queries, feel free to message back.

Rich's avatar
Rich
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7 months ago
cahumada wrote:

Hello Jay, I tried to move the folder to my D drive on windows 11, and it says its being used by another program.

How did you try to move the folder? You can't move it yourself manually. You need to use the option within Dropbox Preferences to move it to a new location.

 

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cahumada
New member | Level 2
7 months ago

Hello Rich,

 

Thank you so much for your help, this guide resolved my issue.

Many thanks and regards,

 

Carlos A.

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