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rjwb
Helpful | Level 7
5 years ago

Dropbox files no longer inherit folder permissions

Within my Dropbox folder, I have sub-folders with different Windows ACL permissions. Up until recently, whenever Dropbox synced a file it inherited its folder permissions perfectly. Now it no longe...
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psltracker
New member | Level 2

Is there any way to get back to the old days - when I used Dropbox to save my web files 

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Fiona
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5 years ago

Hey rjwb. Sorry for any frustration this has caused, however, as our team explained this set up is not supported. Not much I can add to this unfortunately. 

psltracker You can still save your web files. Would you like to elaborate on your request so I can assist more with this. 

If your request is not related to this topic. Please create a new topic and we will be happy to help. 

Thanks. 

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