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Laha041
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

"You need permission to perform this action" each time I'm creating a folder.

I have searched through the forum for a solution but have yet to find one.  I am using the desktop and trying to create a folder and keep getting the error, "destination folder access denied"  "you n...
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peterlanbri
Helpful | Level 5
9 months ago

This change was just pushed to my dropbox account, and it's already an absolute disaster for our workflow. Does anyone responsible for the software at Dropbox actually use Dropbox? This needs to revert back to simply creating a new folder from a right-click within Explorer, as it has always functioned.

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