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Save Settings in Dropbox results in "Error writing to file"

2019-07-02 15:31

Hello,

since a few weeks I get an error message every time I change the winscp.ini. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find a solution yet:

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Error - WinSCP
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Error writing to file 'C:\Users\xxx\Dropbox\xxx\WinSCP.ini'
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System error.  Code: 32.
The process cannot access the file because it is used by another process.
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OK Help   
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Yeah, WinSCP is in my dropbox. But that was never a problem the last years. Is it WinSCP? Has anything been changed there? Or has anything changed at the Dropbox Client? I would like to continue synchronizing my hosts.

Regards
Fabian

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martin◆ Site Admin
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Re: Save Settings in Dropbox results in "Error writing to file"

2019-07-04

Can you overwrite the INI file using any other application?

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foorschtbar
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Re: Save Settings in Dropbox results in "Error writing to file"

2019-07-04 12:33

martin wrote:

Can you overwrite the INI file using any other application?

Yes, no problem with other applicatiosn. That was my mistake, I forgot to mention that the settings are successfully written from WinSCP too. The problem is just the error message.

Example:
- open WinSCP, open connection
- change dir on remote site
- close session
- error message
- client closes, settings saved

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