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MODS
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10 months ago

Excel crashes when opening a file from Dropbox but not from Desktop.

Hello.  This just started occurring yesterday for one of my machines. I have files stored on Dropbox sync'd through filer explorer. When I open the file from dropbox (file explorer), excel quits re...
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Walter
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10 months ago

Hey MODS - thanks for bringing this to our attention.

Can you please clarify your computer's OS version and the version of the Dropbox desktop app as shown in your system tray? 

Does the issue persist after quitting the Dropbox desktop app?

Let us know more and we'll take it from there.

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