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This file does not have an app associated with it for performing this action
I'm totally shocked that this error is not on forum. May be its too new or people just reinstalle dropbox or something. We have dropbox bussines at company, I have like 120 computers arround the word...
Hey! yes, I just tried that and worked.
Its something in dropbox, with linked files. Reinstalling dropbox fix that, some times need to run the repair at office.
What I found is that I need to install Office first, RESTART the computer and then install dropbox.
Some how I gues MS do some chanes that dropbox do not detect and write over them, unless I restart the computer after MS Office install.
But definitelly there is something odd with linked files that some times need to put them local to access them
Rich
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Super User II
MarianoBNewlink wrote:
This file does not have an app associated with it for performing this action. Please install app or, if one is already installed creat an association in default apps settings page.
... which is not a windows error, but dropbox generated ...
That's actually not a Dropbox error message. It's from the operating system. Dropbox isn't even involved when you open a file directly from the Dropbox folder. It's just another folder like any other on your computer.
Just as a test, have you right-clicked the file and selected Open with and selected the appropriate application? Does it work? If so, are you able to select Choose another app from the Open with menu, and they checking the box that says Always use this app?
Actually its an erro generated by dropbox somehow. Provably since the file is linked and not real in the disk dropbox is involved on that proces. This fails on linked files that are not downloaded. If I copy the file outside, dropbox need to download it, and is not linked anymore, and works.
Like [Russian nickname that I cannot copy... :D] said under this message, if I download the file first will work. But we are on a high volume company that have shared folders of like 10 TB. so, keep all offline is not a real solution.
I found the problem already.
