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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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emmlev
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8 months ago

Did you find any solution to that? Same problem occurs to me too. Only excel, only when trying to open the file through the dropbox folder.

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    Hannah
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    8 months ago

    Hey emmlev, really sorry to hear that.

    Can you let me know if you've tried any of the troubleshooting steps in this thread?

    If you quit the Dropbox application on your computer, does the issue persist?

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