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dropmeinbox
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2 years ago

Every time I move a file btween shared folders it'll recreate the file of 0 bytes in original folder

Say I have this in my Dropbox:   ~/Dropbox/shared/folderA/foo.txt ~/Dropbox/shared/folderB/ The folder "~/Dropbox/shared/" is shared between 2 Dropbox accounts. Then I move "foo.txt" from "fold...
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2 years ago

Hi dropmeinbox, is this occurring with any shared folder or just that specific shared folder?

 

Could you test this in a shared folder with a different member added to it, instead of the previous shared folder member?

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dropmeinbox
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2 years ago
Jay wrote:

Hi dropmeinbox, is this occurring with any shared folder or just that specific shared folder?

 

Could you test this in a shared folder with a different member added to it, instead of the previous shared folder member?

Hi Jay ,

 

Yes the issue can be reproduced in any shared folders (and any sub-folders of them). For now I don't have another Windows PC to test another Dropbox account. Will update later when I get the result.

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