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martychaos
Helpful | Level 6
5 years ago
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The Badge shows a file was edited 420 years ago

Is anyone else having issues with Badge, randomly showing "<user> last edited this file 420 years ago".   it seems to affect both mac and windows users and appears to be random- in that we can't ...
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  • maxxkayne's avatar
    maxxkayne
    3 years ago

    I know this issue sucks big time, and I hate being the bearer of bad news...but

     

    https://help.dropbox.com/installs/badge-overview

     

    The timing and exact functionality of these features may change, and Dropbox doesn't provide warranties on the performance of these features.

     

     

RevitArkitek's avatar
RevitArkitek
Helpful | Level 5
4 years ago

It sorts itself out because once its downloaded and reopened, it will show correctly.  I stated this in a previous post.  But I agree with the sentiment of others that they should be able to fix this when the file is double-clicked, downloaded, and opened at the same time.

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Tee Dub
Helpful | Level 6
4 years ago

We have downloaded and reopened files hundreds of times. We have a team of people that are all connected and we all literally download and reopen all day long. This has been an issue for YEARS.

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