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View Only on Shared Folder. How to change my permissions?
Hello, my friend sent me a folder but he doesn't have the option to allow me to "edit", only to "view."
I want to be able to make changes to this folder but have no idea how...
I have a business account through the agency I work for but I don't think I have a personal account of my own... could that be the problem?
This friend is not related to my agency at all.
Thanks for your help!
Pierre.
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How do I unlock a folder, its a read only folder. Everything in the folder is read only and I can't save.
- Walter
Dropbox Staff
Hey there mjguy - thanks for posting your question here!
I am not sure this falls under my scope of expertise since locking folders into read only state is not a Dropbox feature rather than your computer's Operating System.
Having said that now, I'd still like to assist with this.
If on a Mac device:
Select the file or folder you want to unlock from the Finder.
- Go to the File menu and choose “Get Info” (or hit Command+i)
- Look under 'General' and click the 'Locked' checkbox so that it's un-selected.
If on a Windows device:
- Right-click the file or folder icon.
- Remove the check mark by the Read Only item in the file's Properties dialog box. The attributes are found at the bottom of the General tab.
- Click OK.
I hope you'll find this helpful and please let me know if there's anything else I could help with. Thanks!
didnt work for me, OS automatically changes file back to "Locked"
- Megan
Hi PierreSchlum, let's jump right into this!
I don't think your account plan could be related to the folder's permissions.
Is the shared folder you mentioned visible to you when you access your account's sharing tab? Did your friend try out the steps mentioned here, in order to change your permissions?
And if he did, what was the problem he came across, when trying to give you editing permissions?
Let me know more!
