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jg1219
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9 months ago

My KiCAD files keep being marked as read-only and I can't edit them on the Windows desktop app.

I have a KiCAD project stored in my Dropbox and am actively editing it. I've never had issues with this arrangement before but suddenly opening some files as part of the larger KiCAD project inform...
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Nancy
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9 months ago

Welcome to our Community, jg1219!

Are you experiencing the same behavior if you quit the Dropbox app and change the status of the files to not being read-only after that?

Is this happening to all KiCAD files that you’re trying to edit, and if yes, were they shared with you by another user?

Feel free to include a screenshot of any errors you're seeing, as well.

Keep me posted for any updates.

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