Daz unable to locate ALL files after installing/uninstalling Dropbox [SOLVED]

adoniogts

Hello everybody! Here to learn something new about Daz while trying to solve a problem! :)

I installed Dropbox in my computer to see how it worked, I didn't like it and so I uninstalled it...
Next thing I know, after opening my Daz scenes, not one file can be found, no textures nor any data, it just loads gray human like blocks.

I'm guessing this has something to do with the directories, something Dropbox messed up while installing, but I can't quite get my head around it, the Content Directory Manager is clearly pointing at the right direction towards the files...

 

Something I don't understand is that when I open a scene, when it says:

Unable to Locate file
Could not find file: /Runtime/Textures/DAZ/Characters/Genesis2/Belle6/Belle6LimbsM.jpg

There is nothing in front of "/Runtime"... Like Daz isn't looking for the files where the Content Directory Manager is pointing to...

I've thought about donig a System Restore but want to try to fix this without a System Restore for that would be a bit too extreme. There has to be a way to make Daz find the files cos they are there!

Image 1 - The message the appears when I open any Daz session.
Image 2 - All the missing files and the gray human like blocks.

Image 3 - The Content Directory Manager is pointing to where the files are...

Image 4 and Image 5 - In the right it says "Could not find file: /Runtime/Textures/DAZ/Characters/Genesis2/Belle6LimbsM.jpg" and in the left you can see that what's supposed to be before "/Runtime" is "Daz 3D/Studio/My Library" like it says in the Content Directory Manager "C:/Users/Adonio/Documents/DAZ 3D/Studio/My Library"

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated for I am stumped on this one

 

adoniogts

I've discovered something strange...

In the Content Directory Manager when I click on "C:/Users/Adonio/Documents/DAZ 3D/Studio/MyLibrary" and hit edit to manually redirect it to "Documents/DAZ 3D/Studio/MyLibrary" something strange happends...

It says "C:/Users/Adonio/Dropbox/My PC (Lenovo-PC)/Documents/DAZ 3D/Studio/My Library"

Where is this "Dropbox/My PC (Lenovo-PC)" directory coming from that's in between the "Adonio" and "Documents" directory? Dam! If I knew Dropbox was gonna mess this bad with the directories I wouldn't have installed it!

 

Sevrin

Reinstall Dropbox the way you had it, sync it up, and then move your assets to another directory.  Then only uninstall Dropbox once its directory is empty.

adoniogts

Thanks Sevrin!
I solved the problem doing this thought:

https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-files-folders/How-To-Remove-The-DropBox-from-the-path-In-C-Drive/td-p/463639#:~:text=Re: How To Remove The,the path In C Drive&text=Navigate to the system's Desktop,reset the default folder path.

DO NOT install DROPBOX... It screws up all your directories!!!! I still have no idea what happened...