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renamed folder shows former name when shared
A folder has been renamed, from Diligence December 2020 to Diligence March 2021.
A new person has been invited to view the folder.
The link automatically generated by dropbox says the name of the...
Yes, you would need to create a new folder, move all the files in to it and then share that with everybody if you them to have that name. But, remember - they can change the name themselves... to anything they want.
The reason it keeps the first name given is that anybody, at all, who has that shared folder can rename it or move it as they like. So you cannot then change the name yourself.
Mark
Super User II
Super User IIYou need to create a totally new shared folder greta2
https://help.dropbox.com/files-folders/share/rename-move-shared-folder
Thanks for your quick reply. I don't understand the purpose of renaming folders then! If I understand the suggestion solution correctly, it is necessary to create a new folder with the correct name and then copy all of the material from the old folder and all of its sub folders into the new space?
What is the purpose of renaming folders if no one is able to see the new name?
- Mark
Yes, you would need to create a new folder, move all the files in to it and then share that with everybody if you them to have that name. But, remember - they can change the name themselves... to anything they want.
The reason it keeps the first name given is that anybody, at all, who has that shared folder can rename it or move it as they like. So you cannot then change the name yourself.
Wow..... Not good. You may want to reconsider this.
When I share a folder, I want it to look like it does for me.
Just because I changed the folder name (weeks ago), my team should not get old information.
This was kinda uncomfortable for me today.
Exactly! I share a folder of song lyrics and chords with fellow band members, but when emails go out to tell shared recipients of recent changes it says "Frank & John's Song Sheets", even though Frank left two years ago !!!! When I log in to Dropbox all folders show the correct names. This is plain daft!
- Rich
Kernow_Man wrote:
When I log in to Dropbox all folders show the correct names.
This is because anyone can rename a shared folder so it's relevant to them. If I created a folder that I was going to share with you I would name it Kernow_Man. When you receive that folder the name means nothing to you, so you can rename it to Rich or whatever you want so you know it's linked to me. Changing the name like that affects only you.
If you want to change the name of a shared folder so it's the same for everyone, you need to create a new share with the name you want and invite everyone to the new share.
