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mdhakr
4 months agoHelpful | Level 6
Deleting a folder
Someone sent me some files in a folder. I now want to delete them but I am told that I will need to provide "administrator permission" to do so. I don't know my Windows password and have never use...
- 4 months ago
Thanks for your wisdom. It worked. The folder and files are now gone. TTL.
mdhakr
Helpful | Level 6
Also who would have been responsible in this case for causing the Administrative foo faa that I have had to endure. In 10 odd years of Dropbox, I have never encountered anything like this without my knowledge of it. I have passed files to others to share but have never invoked any administrative permissions etc.
mdhakr
4 months agoHelpful | Level 6
Thanks for your wisdom. It worked. The folder and files are now gone. TTL.
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