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James3410
Explorer | Level 3
5 months ago

Why when I open an online-only file it turns the whole folder into available offline?

I've online only as the default for all my files, when I open a file in one of my folder all of the other files in that folder became offline only, I have to manually turn the folder into online only...
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James3410
Explorer | Level 3
5 months ago

why does when I open something in a folder all of the other file also get downloaded? I thought it should only apply to the file I'm viewing. So the only thing I can do is turn the files into only again after I view it every single time?

 

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    Mark
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    5 months ago

    It shouldnt apply to the whole folder just the individual file. Unless Windows is trying to do something to the files and say updating the Meta data of last modified etc. - any changes to a file causes it to download. 

    I cant test anything as Im on a Mac, but, thats how it should work. 

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