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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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Jay
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5 months ago

Hi user71, thanks for the info. Could you try copying and pasting the image directly into your next reply in order for us to assist further.

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user71
Explorer | Level 3
5 months ago

It turns out that the problem with attaching the screenshot files was that they were too large. I have reduced their size and attach them here. 

 

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    Jay
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    5 months ago

    As you mentioned you have several thousand files, are there over 5000 files in the folder you're trying to automate? 

    If you click the i icon there next to 'Apply to existing files', it would mention the file limit.

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