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Roblox1
4 years agoNew member | Level 2
File name changed when uploading to a Dropbox Request
I was logged into my account and uploaded a file to a requested folder link. However, when I got the upload confirmation email, it added my name to into the file name. I needed to have it named in a ...
Learningtech
4 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Is there a sample of what a file name looks like when itâs uploaded. I never knew the name was automatically amended?
Learningtech
4 years agoExplorer | Level 4
I was signed into my Dropbox. I clicked a Dropbox request link and dropped my 2 correct named files xxx - xxx - xxx into the folder and uploaded. I get a confirmation email and the name is changed the middle xxx doesnât show up and my name is added to the end. How can it delete part of the name that I named? I saw it when it uploaded and it was correct
- Rich4 years ago
Super User II
Learningtech wrote:
I get a confirmation email and the name is changed the middle xxx doesnât show up ...Are you certain that the middle xxx has actually been removed from the file name that that it's not just truncated in the email? Can you show a screenshot of the email (remove any private information)?
How can it delete part of the name that I named? I saw it when it uploaded and it was correctOnce a file has been uploaded through a file request, you can't rename it. You have no access to the file once it has been uploaded.
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