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Silviu C.
Helpful | Level 6
6 years ago

Edit files in vault on Windows

I've looked into new Dropbox plus features this morning, tried out the new Vault feature. I've realized that, when you are on Windows, there is no way to edit the files you have in the Vault. You can...
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cjvandijk
Helpful | Level 5
6 years ago

I noticed this same issue. Some files I'd put in vault are not ones I would edit, but there are some that I'd like to edit daily, yet still have the extra security of vault. I thought I was missing something so glad to see that this was posted. 

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GuidoBayes
New member | Level 2
6 years ago

I agree; have the same problem with a file excel containing financial data which I just moved to Vault. It would be helpful to be able to edit it, at least occasionally from within Vault, but thta's not possible. Hope it will be soon.

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