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VikingPadre
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

Unknown error occurred while accessing anything on Dropbox

Hundreds of files stored in Dropbox, and now I get this "Unknown error occurred while accessing <filename>" message when I try to open any of them.  Guess I'll have to start using my hard drive to ba...
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Jay
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3 years ago

Could you try quitting the app and rebooting the computer to see if this helps?

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VikingPadre
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

Are you kidding?  You think I haven't shut down and restarted my laptop multiple times since Dropbox started trashing my files?

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