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MrsBearshark
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

I only seem to have read-only rights to my files on the Win11 Dropbox app

This has been mentioned before, but none of the "solutions" provided are working for me.  I'm running Windows 11, and have installed the Dropbox Desktop app, both from the app store and the offline i...
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MrsBearshark
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

I get your point and understand the difference between ZIPed and unZIPed files, but the folder I'm in and the file I'm opening do not have the ZIPed graphic, nor are they in a ZIP folder unless my computer if viewing Dropbox as a ZIPed folder.

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MrsBearshark
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

I asked the owner of the original files I was having trouble with to re-upload, and it seems to be working now.  However, the settings for my Dropbox folder still show up as "read only" and I still don't have a Dropbox icon or any way to access settings for the Dropbox app, only for the folder.

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