Title: Dropbox: unexpected parameter ‘overwrite’
Last modified: December 29, 2016

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# Dropbox: unexpected parameter ‘overwrite’

 *  [m4soN](https://wordpress.org/support/users/m4son/)
 * (@m4son)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropbox-unexpected-parameter-overwrite/)
 * Hi there,
 * i´ve just figured out that my wp2db isn´t working anymore. I tried to reauthenticate
   it, but that doens´t help.
 * When i try to start a backup i am receiving Dropbox: unexpected parameter ‘overwrite’
   and the headline says: A fatal error occured: The backup is having trouble uploading
   files to Dropbox, it has failed 10 times and is aborting the backup.
 * What can i do?

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 *  [Idiatulla](https://wordpress.org/support/users/idiatulla/)
 * (@idiatulla)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropbox-unexpected-parameter-overwrite/#post-8631076)
 * I’m having the same problem. Please tell me, did you manage to solve this problem?
 *  [minibee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/minibee/)
 * (@minibee)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropbox-unexpected-parameter-overwrite/#post-8648050)
 * +1. Same difficulty.
 *  [smowton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smowton/)
 * (@smowton)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropbox-unexpected-parameter-overwrite/#post-8794162)
 * Solution: [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-tweak-this-plugin-for-php-7/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-tweak-this-plugin-for-php-7/)

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropbox-unexpected-parameter-overwrite/#post-8794162)
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