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Hello,
I have a massive excel spreadsheet in a shared dropbox file that freezes or breaks anytime I go near it with a PC laptop or smartphone. Even causing my computer to completely freeze-up or black screen.
What can I do to make it work again? Would splitting the file in two do the trick?
Any suggestions or a fix would be greatly appreciated.
Thank You.
Hey @honeycombk2000, thanks for reaching out to the Dropbox Community.
Are you using the Dropbox desktop app on your laptop and are you opening the file through your Dropbox folder?
If you quit the Dropbox app and try to open it again, what happens?
And can you let us know what happens when you try to open it from the Dropbox app on your phone?
Thanks in advance.
Hannah
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Hi @honeycombk2000, how large is the Excel file? Is it greater than 40 MB in total?
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Hi Jay (Community Moderator @ Dropbox),
The Excel file is not greater than 40MB. It is approaching 750 KB and growing.
Thanks
Michael
Hi @honeycombk2000, do you use the same browser when you use your PC and your phone?
Do you notice this behavior on multiple browsers too?
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Hi Megan,
I use the same browser on the phone and PC -Chrome. Sometimes MSN Edge or Mozilla Firefox for PC. Regardless, the browser isn't the problem. It's the file size. The file behaves the same no matter which browser or device is used to access the DropBox website without signing in to the desktop or mobile apps.
Thank You for your help and questions,
Michael
Hey @honeycombk2000, sorry to jump in here, but could you clear your browser's cache and let us know if it improves matters at all?
Also, how about checking this on an incognito window with no plugins or extensions running?
Walter
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