How can I resolve Dropbox hanging when attempting to move my local Dropbox folder?

How can I resolve Dropbox hanging when attempting to move my local Dropbox folder?

I recently tried to use the 'Move' feature within the Dropbox preferences to change the location of the 'My Dropbox' folder on my work computer. About halfway through the move operation I got an error message indicating that I would need to finish the move manually and then re-associate my computer with my Dropbox account.

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"I was finally able to resolve this by going in manually deleting some left over Dropbox files that weren't getting cleaned up when the un-install took place. I think that the presence of one of these files indicated that a move operation was supposed to be taking place, and that was causing Dropbox to hang.

I did have to use Process Explorer to kill a process that was holding an open handle to one of the Dropbox files in order to make this all work properly.

Wrote up a full explanation with my resolution steps here:

http://geekswithblogs.net/GruffCode/archive/2009/11/13/resolving-dropbox-hanging-when-relocating-local-folder.aspx"