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"We couldn't open (insert file name here). Wait a bit, then try again" when opening file on Windows
The subject line captures the error that I am receiving anytime I attempt to open a file stored by DropBox on my PC through the File Explorer. I have tried various media players, VLC, Windows Media Player Legacy, Windows 11 Media Player, 5k Video Player (which plays virtually any extension) - And these are all Mp4 videos, which are compatible with any and every of those players listed. The strange thing is that this error is intermittent, sometimes the videos load great, other times they provide this error. I have tried it with/without my VPN turned on thinking that perhaps it was an access issue with the VPN IP being active, I use a static IP address so it couldn't be from dynamic IP changing - I'm at a loss.
What is the brown box icon on the left bottom corner of my files when using the desktop app?
Hello, On several files, I have a brown icons in left bottom corner of my files.(see below) in fact, in the same folder, there are green logos on fils but sometime there are brown logo I want import this files in Lightroom but seem that files with brown logo can't be import. So : 1/ What mean brown logo ? 2/ How can I "fix" it to import files in lightroom ? Thank youDownload folder unaccessible after installing Dropbox
Device ASUS ROG Strix G712LV-BS71-CB laptop Operating System/Browser (if using the web) Windows 11 Dropbox App Version/Browser Version 237.4.5655 Question or Issue I'm supporting a user that I installed Dropbox for and since I in stalled it the user can't access it's download folder. This is the message (pardon the French) that appears: Which basically says that the folder is not available. All downloads from the browser fails unless I redirect the default download location to somewhere else, like the desktop. When inspecting the properties of the folder, the link for the folder location is blank. It's been a reccuring problem for him and I can't find anyone online experiencing the same issue. I tried replicating it on my computer but can't seem to be able to. It's been happening for a couple of weeks now and the workaround I found was to restart the computer so because Dropbox didn't launch at startup, the download folder was available. Upon opening the Dropbox app, the download folder is not acessible until a restart. That was for the last couple of weeks, but now even a restart doesn't temporarily solve the issue. Steps taken: - Restarting the PC. - Reinstalling Dropbox - Making sure there is no backup settings targetting the user's document folder. - Changing Dropbox's location on the computer by putting it directly on a Folder in the C:\ drive, not in the user's document folder. I'm at a loss here. Does anyone know where the issue might come from?
