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user71
Explorer | Level 3
5 months ago

Automation won't apply to existing files. How can I achieve that?

I have a directory with a very large number of files (several thousand) that I only access online. All of the files have names based on their date of creation (eg 2025-07-01-7:00.txt). I would like t...
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user71
Explorer | Level 3
5 months ago

I am the owner and only user of this folder. 

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    Megan
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    5 months ago

    Hey user71​, welcome to our Community!

    Do you get the error message when following the steps Mark​ provided in this relevant Help Center article?

    Could you attach a screenshot showing the automation itself, and the folder on which the automation is applied to on the Dropbox site?

    Keep me posted!

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