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Claire W.3's avatar
Claire W.3
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

Cannot move shared folder if I am not the owner

I am trying to reorganize my dropbox because I literally have thousands of folders, and I need them to be more logically nested.  This is no problem with shared folders that I own, but I can't move a...
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Claire W.3's avatar
Claire W.3
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

Thanks, Hannah, for the reply.  I get the same error both online and on my desktop, for all folders owned by someone else.  

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Hannah
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2 years ago

Thanks, Claire.

 

I was able to investigate a bit, and it seems that this behavior is expected for shared folders that are not owned by the person trying to move them.

 

However, I have passed your comments along to our team and if you need anything else, please let us know.

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