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sellenwright
7 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Why can't I open Microsoft files on my mobile device?
I updated my iPad Pro & now I can't open Dropbox files in Microsoft apps. I can see Dropbox, and I can open in other apps (Adobe, for instance), but Word, Excel, etc. tell me that the server is gone ...
- 7 years ago
Hey fellas - apologies for any inconvenience this might have caused so far and thank you for alerting us to this.
Our engineers are already aware of the problem and are investigating.
I'll make sure to circle back here to let you know more as soon as I have an update to share.
For the affected users noticing these errors when trying to access their Microsoft files (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) I'd suggest that you logged a ticket with our team so we can look into this and help further with all of our tools at our disposal.
Thank you all for your diligence and have a great rest of your day.
- 7 years agoHello to all!We appreciate your patience so far & we have good news to share as this is now resolved so there should be no further issues. Please try again and you should find that this functionality works correctly.If there is anyone still facing a discrepancy, please do let me know here & Iāll touch base with you asap. I'm also working on updating all the tickets you've submitted, so you can expect a reply soon.Thanks again to everyone for your reports & sticking with us on this discussion!
ErinAnne
7 years agoHelpful | Level 5
My iPad isnāt on my cell plan so thereās no cellular in the settings. It worked this morning to pull up documents from Dropbox into word to edit them, and now it wonāt work and just keeps giving me the error message āNo network connectionā. However, it is connected to the network, all the other apps work, and Iām able to save things from online TO Dropbox, and view them on Dropbox. I just canāt open them in word. HELP! I got this dang iPad to do schoolwork, and now I canāt.
- Gabychisco7 years agoNew member | Level 2Same here but with every single office app in my iPhone. It seems the connection between Dropbox and MS office apps is down
- ErinAnne7 years agoHelpful | Level 5That makes me feel better at least. Maybe Iāll check back later to see if itās up and running. š°
- Wikifield7 years agoNew member | Level 2One reply suggested that Dropbox have withdrawn support for for I phone apps. Another suggested itās the same for Office365. How can I find out if itās a glitch being fixed or a decision to stop supporting the App. I tried the Dropbox support service but that doesnāt seem to be working either.
- Kara S.17 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Same here, hopefully they fix it soon
- Bmandigo7 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Having the same problems, network error connection between dropbox and all office365 apps. Just started over the last few hours.
- KPike7 years agoNew member | Level 2Iām having the same problem
- drnishanth7 years agoNew member | Level 2same issue
- david u.47 years agoHelpful | Level 5Same here. On s9+. Word app won't recognize dropbox. Uninstalled and reinstalled both apps. That didn't help.
- Terry M.327 years agoNew member | Level 2Same here. If true that MS did an update that says bug fixes and reallly disabled Dropbox then I am done with MS. Moving to Apple Apps.
- FrogRocker7 years agoExplorer | Level 4
...Why? I donāt want to use OneDrive. Used DropBox for -years- that thatās all Iām used to.
Man, I hope theyāll recant this horrid decision soon. WTFH...
- SallyK7 years agoNew member | Level 2
It seems funny that Dropbox is blaming it on Microsoft, since the only app that was updated was Dropboxānot MS Excel or Word.
- prb1127 years agoExplorer | Level 4Same problem here. Message says cannot open folder on server
- Minton717 years agoExplorer | Level 4
When opening a word file from my Dropbox app on iPad Iām getting this error message: āsorry (filename) is stored in an unsupported server location
- FrogRocker7 years agoExplorer | Level 4
A poster stated that it was because of Microsoft dropped support with Dropbox on ios devices. Hope itās not true.
- FredC747 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Yep, same for me. Itās ok on desktop with MS Office, but not on IOS. Temporarily, Iāve saved my essential files to one drive so I can keep working. Long term, letās hope Microsoft changes its mind.
- Jools237 years agoNew member | Level 2
HI,
Mine is doing the same today too, worked perfectly fine last night but today is the same as yourself, with the same error!
Hope we can find a solution soon...
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