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Jonathan M.5
Helpful | Level 5
6 years ago

File opened "x minutes ago" when I didn't open it?

I was looking for a file I'd accessed on my phone, but was having a struggle seeing files based on how recently I'd accessed them so I tried on the web client instead   I was shocked to see vario...
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Walter
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1 year ago

I see, thanks for clarifying that for me jhardy2025 

Can you maybe send us a screenshot of where you spotted this omitting any personal or sensitive information so that we can have a visual too? 

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jhardy2025
New member | Level 1
1 year ago

I'm confused, what do you want me to take a screenshot of?

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
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    1 year ago

    The place where you noticed that these files were accessed jhardy2025 - apologies if it wasn't clear before. 

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      jhardy2025
      New member | Level 1
      1 year ago

      It was in my dropbox folder on my hard drive. It was 10 MS Word documents. They had each been opened around the same time (I was not using my computer at the time), but none had been modified.

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