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Andreas K.25
3 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Can't access a folder: 'This folder does not exist' error
Hi experts,
I have a strange issue with one of my folders. If I try to view the /Public/Samples folder online, regardless which browser (FireFox / Edge), I only get an error message "The folder ‘/Public/Samples’ doesn’t exist.".
I use dropbox for many years, I never had issues with that folder. In there are a lot of files which I share with the Microsoft Community.
On my home PC I use the DropBox-App and I can still sync with that folder / upload files and create links for download, anything works well, e.g.:
There is another subfolder in the Samples folder and I can view that folder online without any problems!
Any suggestions?
EDIT: I've looked around and found that some other subfolders are showing the same error message, but others seem to be working fine... very strange.
Andreas.
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- debasissadhukhan3 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Some shared folder in my Dropbox is not opening. I can see those folders in my flies list. But whenever I am trying to open it, it says "Folder Does not exists". I am facing this problem when accessing Dropbox web using a browser (Chrome, Mozilla). But when I am accessing Dropbox through my iPhone using the Dropbox app, the folders and their content are still there. Can anyone face the same problem? Any idea to fix this. Thanks
- Jay3 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hi debasissadhukhan, thanks for bringing this to our attention.
Are you trying to access the folder while logged into your Dropbox account directly on the browser?
Are you certain that the URL is correct when trying to open it?
Any other info or screenshots (while hiding personal details) would be helpful!
- debasissadhukhan3 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Hello,
Thanks for your reply. Yes, I am trying to directly access the folders from the Chrome browser. I am just double-clicking on the folder that I want to access, so I am not sure what do you mean by "Are you certain that the URL is correct when trying to open it ".
The following are the screenshots. I am trying to access the Debarka S folder under ID cards (Fig 1), then a error massage (Fig 2) is popped up. But when I just created another folder named "ALL" under "ID Cards", and moved everything from "ID Cards" to "All", everything is working. It is only when the folders are directly under "ID Cards" I am trying to open, the error massage is poping up.
Fig 1 : Folder location
Fig 2 : The error message I am getting
- Jay3 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Are you able to view and access the folder in the main window on the right when you navigate to the ID Cards folder?
- debasissadhukhan3 years agoExplorer | Level 4
I am able to view the folder in the main window. But when even I am clicking it on the Debarka S, folder then the error message poping up.
- Krunoslav3 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Same here.
Can not access one of the two App-folders in the Browser, but can access it from the API. Strangely, the Web surface shows and lists the "/Archiv" subdirectory of it without problems!
I have renamed the folder I could not not list ("/eCapConfigurator"), and then I was able to see the content and upload files to it.
Then I renamed it back (deleted the additional '1' from the end), and have the same error situation as before.There must be an new Dropbox error regarding Webserver.
- Calvin2DBX3 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hi debasissadhukhan,
Just letting you know that I obscured some of the information in your screenshots based on our Dropbox Community Guidelines, and moved your post here for more context as we get to the bottom of this soon!
- Jay3 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
This for the info debasissadhukhan, Krunoslav, in order to look into this matter in more detail, would it be possible to reach out to the email associated with your forum profile?
- debasissadhukhan3 years agoExplorer | Level 4
yes..you can reach out to my eamil id
- Jay3 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Thanks, I've sent you an email, please could you reply to it when you get a chance!
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