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D00TS
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

Shared files between two accounts are different

My coworker has her own personal Dropbox account. I have my own personal Dropbox account. Somehow we can't seem to get the same files on both accounts. I have sent her multiple invites via emails and...
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D00TS
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

I did ask her to check the page you sent. Thanks so much, Hannah. Is it possible that she’s seeing files on HER account that I don’t have permission to see, or files I loaded on her account months ago — before I had my own account?  I think that’s what’s happening. 

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Hannah
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3 years ago

It could be, if she's using her own account, she can basically add and store any file she wants, so it could be older files she doesn't remember adding etc., in different locations of her Dropbox.

 

But if the shared folders you invited her to, appear in the 'shared' page, you both should see the same contents there.

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