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Emanuel O.'s avatar
Emanuel O.
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Invalid MS-DOS function --Unable to copy ".gsheet" file from google drive offline folder into drobox

I got google drive installed normally as drive G:

One of the folders in google drive is set to be offline (instead of streaming/online only).

 

Then I got Dropbox installed as will in F:\Dropbox

 

When I trie to copy one of my google sheet files:

G:\My Drive\test.gsheet

into

F:\Dropbox

 

I receive the following error:

 

Whats this sorcery ??

Please don't tell me I cant copy those google drive web files.. because in practice that would mean I cant move out of google drive into dropbox for example, unless I would loose weeks converting all my google doc, sheets and slides into office format or some other thing ?

 

Thanks for help in advance.

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  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
    2 years ago

    Hi Emanuel O., you can use Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides created on dropbox.com, however you can't move them to your Dropbox account from Google. 

     

    You can find out more about this here.

  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    2 years ago

    Hi Emanuel O., let's jump right into this! 

     

    This doesn't seem like a Dropbox related error, I have to admit. I did some re-search on my end on Google, and it seems this usually happens when you're trying to copy content from one drive, to another one with a different format.

     

    Or when the file is corrupted. If you try to preview the content on their initial path, are you able to do so? Also, are both of these drives the same format?

     

    Keep me posted!

    • Emanuel O.'s avatar
      Emanuel O.
      Explorer | Level 4
      2 years ago
      Let me be clear, this is direct question about about compatibility between Google Drive own formats and Dropbox, and not do much a generic abswer like yours "maybe its corrupted, maybe that, maybe something else".. no im asking a direct question a dropbox product manager or tech team can share a yes or bo, plain simple.

      FYI: I been uding google drive as main drive, but just discovered it causes problems for me as developer to compile c++ when source is in google drive, but then found out Dropbox doesn't have the problem, so I was thinking moving all my development files from google drive to Dropbox, but early in the copy i received error i shared in post and it only happens with any of the 3 google drive files format:
      *.gsheet
      *.gdoc
      *.gslide

      Thanks
      • Megan's avatar
        Megan
        Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
        2 years ago

        Hi Emanuel O., you can use Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides created on dropbox.com, however you can't move them to your Dropbox account from Google. 

         

        You can find out more about this here.

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