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areedREVEL
Explorer | Level 3
4 years ago

Error message when trying to open Google Docs created in Dropbox

Good afternoon!    Many members of our team have recently started getting 404 error messages when we try and open documents in Dropbox desktop. We have started using Google docs and we weren't ...
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Mark
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4 years ago

Have you set the files to Smart Sync so they are not on your device areedREVEL ?

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areedREVEL
Explorer | Level 3
4 years ago

Hey Mark, 

 

I don't specifically have Smart Sync turned on in my settings, but others on my team do for theirs. We are all consistently getting that error message but it's only when we try to open Google Docs created in Dropbox. 

 

Thanks!

Amanda

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