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Niccodemure
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7 years ago

Moving a file is creating a copy in the original folder

Morning -When moving a file to another folder (sub or otherwise) The moved file will repopulate to it's original location, thus creating a copy. -The file repopulates within minutes or within a cou...
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Daphne
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6 years ago

Hey peeps, apologies for the delayed reply here!

Would you both, MarkeyVAHK and JG2019, mind checking my previous post here and let me know what you find?

Let me know and we can go from there - thanks!

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JG2019
Helpful | Level 5
6 years ago

Yes, the version history says the files were added back by other members.  But it is always a different member and that member was never using the file.   It must be added back in the background.   A failure to sync correctly perhaps?

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