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Read only on desktop App
HI. I have dropbox on 3 devices (iphone, PC at home, Laptop). Everything worked fine up to the time i bought new laptop. It has Windows 11 and i replaced my old one. With new laptop i can see all synced files. But i do not have permition to save new file to the dropbox folder, or edit and save (overwrite) any of the files. It works when i install dropbox as a new program and sign to the app. But after computer restart there is still the same problem. This never happened on any of my computer when i used dropbox in the past. I can not use also Save as... option and then delete the old file, because i just do not have permition to write anything to the dropbox folder or subfolders at all. Thanks for help.
Thank you for fast response. It looks like safety software that monitors traffic on work computer cause this problem. I am trying to deal with our IT administrator to solve the issue. If it will not work, i will get back here. Thanks. Ivan
Thank you for fast response. It looks like safety software that monitors traffic on work computer cause this problem. I am trying to deal with our IT administrator to solve the issue. If it will not work, i will get back here. Thanks. Ivan
Hello. I have the same problem whit my desktop app. Can you help me with it, please?
When I switch off Read-only setting on a Dropbox Folder Properties Tab that setting turn on independently. I can't figure out what I do wrong. Version of my desktop app on screenshot bellow.- Hannah
Dropbox Staff
Thanks for the nudge here, Anton Haikov and sorry to see you're having this issue.
If you haven't already, can you please restart your computer, to see if that helps?
Also, if you quit the Dropbox app, are you seeing the same issue with the properties setting?
