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Hi there,
I see this has been asked several times before, but my issue has still not been resolved.
I have recently not been able to open this file, but keep getting this error message.
The fi...
Hi GigiB1,
Jumping in here to note that we found that we actually cannot support password protected Office files on Dropbox at this time. The problem is that we are asking the users to input their password then saying there is an issue. We are looking to do the following to resolve this issue:
1. Show the correct error message -- that password protected Office files cannot be previewed. Downloading the file to preview is recommended at this time.
2. We are also looking into if and when we can support password protected Office files on Dropbox though at this time, I'm unable to say when.
Thank you for flagging this issue and my apologies for the inconvenience. I definitely understand that download to preview is not ideal.
Please let me know if you have any other questions or ideas. Happy to help!
Hannah
Nancy
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorThanks for giving that a go, GigiB1! Do you perhaps remember when this started happening more or less?
About 4 weeks ago.
- Walter
Hey GigiB1 - sorry to jump in here, but could you try clearing your browser's cache or using another browser and let us know if you get the same results?
If you do, can you check if this is the only file that's affected or if there are others as well?
Hannah CDropbox Product Manager
Hi GigiB1,
Jumping in here to note that we found that we actually cannot support password protected Office files on Dropbox at this time. The problem is that we are asking the users to input their password then saying there is an issue. We are looking to do the following to resolve this issue:
1. Show the correct error message -- that password protected Office files cannot be previewed. Downloading the file to preview is recommended at this time.
2. We are also looking into if and when we can support password protected Office files on Dropbox though at this time, I'm unable to say when.
Thank you for flagging this issue and my apologies for the inconvenience. I definitely understand that download to preview is not ideal.
Please let me know if you have any other questions or ideas. Happy to help!
Hannah
- Thank you for you email and detailed steps.
One question though is how come this was working before?
Something has clearly changed.- Nancy
Hi again, GigiB1! Files that are password-protected on third-party apps arenât generally supported on Dropbox when it comes to previewing (you can also see more details here). So, this shouldnât be working previously either.
As mentioned by Hannah above though, our team is looking into this and potentially changing this in the future.
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