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RichieRich1891
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago

Unspecified Error while opening .txt file Online Only - Windows 11 22H2

Hi Support,   With dropbox client v163.4.5456 on Windows 11 22H2 (OS Build 22621.963), I still have the Unspecified Error, while opening a Online only .txt in the Windows 11 File Explporer. (In Win...
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Walter's avatar
Walter
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Hi RichieRich1891, sorry to hear you're having issues with this.

 

Can you please send us a screenshot of the exact error you're getting so that we can have a visual too?

 

Also, does this happen with all files of this file type or does it happen with others as well?

 

Any additional information is more than welcome!

RichieRich1891's avatar
RichieRich1891
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago

Hi Walter,

 

Here you can see an example:

 

  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
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    3 years ago

    Hey RichieRich1891, sorry to jump in here.

     

    Does this happen with all your online-only .txt files or just specific ones?

     

    And if you try to make one of them available offline, move it out of the Dropbox folder and then back in, does that help?

    • Miklos's avatar
      Miklos
      Explorer | Level 4
      3 years ago

      Edit: Not relevant.

    • RichieRich1891's avatar
      RichieRich1891
      Helpful | Level 5
      3 years ago

      Hi Hannah,

       

      For the moment I only discovered it with the .txt files.

       

      If I make it offline, I don't get any errors.

      Also if I move the file from the dropbox folder to my desktop and back to the dropbox folder, I don not get any errors.

      But is I make the file "Online only" again and try to open it, I get the error back.

       

      But I decided to revert back to Windows 10 for a while, because Windows 11 itself has still a lot of bugs.

      • Jay's avatar
        Jay
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        3 years ago

        Hi everyone, is the file marked as online-only, available offline or available as per this article?

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