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williamb11
Helpful | Level 6
9 months ago

'Can’t load this file type This file type is unsupported here.' on Windows

I have Dropbox installed on 3 computers, desktop A and laptops B and C, all running Windows 10, 64 bit. I use, for preference as it was installed on my first computer, the Lotus SmartSuite Office pro...
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    williamb11
    9 months ago

    Thank you both for your help - it's much appreciated.

    williamb11

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Здравко
Legendary | Level 20
9 months ago
williamb11 wrote:

... The odd thing is that when I click to open a Lotus file in the same Dropbox folder on laptop C, it opens first time without my having to download it first.

Can anyone explain this, please?

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Hi williamb11,

It's simple - you don't need to download something that's already there. 😉 On others you need since it's not yet there. If you ask why doesn't it get downloaded automatically,... cause it's "Smart" Sync (especially in quotes). So so,... "smart"... 🤦

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