{"id":9727,"date":"2022-06-02T12:53:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T16:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/?p=9727"},"modified":"2022-05-30T13:26:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T17:26:41","slug":"hozered-start-me-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/2022\/06\/02\/hozered-start-me-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Hozered Start Me Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So, I dug out my old laptop and found that it was very low on space. The last time I used it was before Dropbox started using the Save hard drive space feature, so it had a ton of local files that ought to be online only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I did a stupid thing and tried to trick Dropbox. I dug up a external hard drive with plenty of room, quit Dropbox, moved the files to the external HDD, started up Dropbox. I expected it to copy files back into the folder as online only, which it did. Except…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next time I logged in, it threw an error about missing a folder (Desktop) in the external hard drive that wasn’t plugged in. The path was to the Dropbox folder. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I searched the Dropbox configuration and help without finding anything helpful. I searched on startup issues and eventually found something helpful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Lost in Space<\/a>” by\u00a0Steve Parker<\/a>\u00a0is licensed under\u00a0CC BY 2.0<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

DANGER! DANGER, WILL ROBINSON!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, before I state what I found, here is the thing. This involves the registry which a novice user should leave alone. At least make a backup of the registry with File > Export. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I screwed up a computer well enough I had to go into safe mode and fix my mistake once. Another time, I ended up thinking I knew the mistake but didn’t and had to re-install the operating system from scratch. That was back in the day when I had the media (CD-ROM) to do that kind of stuff. Most of the time I export the registry and don’t have to go to such extremes, but it was also like 20 years ago when I was less cautious and brasher about using a sledgehammer to drive a nail. And if I screwed it up, I would spend hours fixing it when today I might sheepishly take it to someone else for help. (Or go to Linux.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, the “User Shell Folders” at Computer\\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\User Shell Folders<\/code> has the entries that caused this behavior. The Desktop one was the one actively causing the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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