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Fishgosquish
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2 years ago

Pathway Issues on windows with drop box

Hi There,   I am wondering if anyone has come accross this issue before, generally seems to be happening to PDFs saved on drop box, the file path when viewed on windows become \\?\C:\ instead of ...
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Jay
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2 years ago

Hi Fishgosquish, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

 

What program are you using to open the PDF files? Is it only PDF files that have this issue?

 

Have you tried quitting the Dropbox desktop application and seeing if the issue persists for files in the Dropbox folder?

 

This will help me to assist further!

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