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resharing previously-shared work projects in a single new folder
Hi all, Apologies as I'm sure some form of this question has been asked before. 2 years ago I made my first work hire. And I began sharing files with her on a project-by-project basis. Basically...
dnarchitect wrote:
Will she just see emptied out folders afterwards that she can abandon?
If you leave the old folders shared while you do this, she'll see them emptying as you move the files. If you unshare the folders first and select that she can't keep a copy, the old shares would be removed from her account.
Thank you Rich. I appreciate it and I think I'm following. Basically I empty out the old share folders into newly-created subfolders within the newly-created master folder?
The one piece I still don't get though is does my colleague need to do anything on her end before and/or after I start this process? Will she just see emptied out folders afterwards that she can abandon? Or if those old folders are still populated in her computer can she just erase them and start fresh with the new master folder I created?
Rich
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dnarchitect wrote:
Will she just see emptied out folders afterwards that she can abandon?
If you leave the old folders shared while you do this, she'll see them emptying as you move the files. If you unshare the folders first and select that she can't keep a copy, the old shares would be removed from her account.
