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If I am on my laptop or my phone I can go to Dropbox and click on a picture and it opens just fine. If I try this on my newer Dell Desktop then I get an error message saying Photos can't open this file because the format is currently unsupported. If I click on a photo not in Dropbox on my desktop then it opens just fine. I looked on my laptop and I am using Edge and default app is Photos. My Desktop uses Edge and default app is Photos. I'm sure it is something simple but I don't know why images won't open on the desktop using the same app.
Can you check the photo has been set as 'Available Offline' ?
https://help.dropbox.com/sync/access-files-offline
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Can you check the photo has been set as 'Available Offline' ?
https://help.dropbox.com/sync/access-files-offline
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Mark, Thank you so much. I just clicked my entire photo folder and now everything shows up and I can open in Photos. I figured it was something simple so you saved me a lot of time and frustration. Have a great day!
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