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opaarchitettura
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago
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Renaming a file stops, after 5-6 characters. Why?

Buonasera a tutti.

Ho riscontrato un problema su Dropbox per quanto riguarda la rinominazione dei file che ho nelle mie cartelle. 

Il problema è il seguente: Provo da un paio di giorni a rinomare i file cambiandogli il nome ma dopo appena 5 o 6 caratteri mi si blocca la rinominazione, ho notato questo problema solo all'interno di Dropbox in alcuni determinati file ad esempio i file PDF_ Successivamente ho effettuato la stessa cosa sul desktop e mi rinomina bene i file senza problemi, e rimettendoli nelle cartelle di Dropbox li legge correttamente.

Mi potete essere di aiuto?

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Good evening everyone.

I'm having a problem on Dropbox with regards to renaming the files I have in my folders.

The problem is the following: I have been trying to rename the files for a couple of days by changing their name but after just 5 or 6 characters the renaming stops, I only noticed this problem within Dropbox in some specific files such as the files PDF_ Later I did the same thing on the desktop and it renames the files well without problems, and putting them back in the Dropbox folders reads them correctly.

Can you help me?

 

  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
    3 years ago

    Grazie per lo screenshot, opaarchitettura!

     

    Si prega di notare che i 259 caratteri includono l'intero percorso del file e non solo il file stesso. In altre parole, questo limite include sia il file che ogni cartella in cui si trova.

     

    Come test, puoi provare a spostare questo file direttamente nella cartella principale di Dropbox e farmi sapere se il problema persiste?

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    Thanks for the screenshot, opaarchitettura!

     

    Please kindly note that the 259 characters include the whole path of the file, and not just the file itself. In other words, this limit includes both the file and every folder within which it’s located. 

     

    As a test, can you please try to move this file directly to the Dropbox root folder and let me know if the issue persists?

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