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Joe F
Helpful | Level 6
6 years ago

Access to "Folder" is limited

In the last day or so, I have started to get this error message whenever I try and move a local file: "Access to "Folder" is imited We'll keep access to file.tmp the same. Add people to FOLDER to...
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wrapt
New member | Level 2
6 years ago

Hi all,

 

Reporting the issue here too.

 

Three Mac users all getting this popup when moving a file around within the same team folder. Permissions are consistant between the files and the destination.

 

Popup started last week.

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mattiasaccountfactory
Explorer | Level 4
6 years ago

We are having the same problem.

This started last week, has now become a major annoyance to our workflow.

Please fix this ,or give us an option to turn it off.

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    jane15
    New member | Level 2
    6 years ago

    Ditto - same problem, very irritating! Dropbox please remove this 'feature'.

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