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Alex N
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Changing email and lost files

Hi I have had a DB account for many years under an email address which I have recently changed.  My Windows Explorer and smartphone (using the old email address) work as expected and I can save and ...
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Mark
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2 years ago

I'd suggest changing the email on the new account to a different email (its easier than deleting it as that may hold the email for 7 days or so). And then when you have done that and 'released' the new email you will need to change the email on the original account to the one you now want to use. 

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Alex N
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Sounds good.  I'll give that a go in the morning.

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