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Forum Discussion
File name changed when uploading to a Dropbox Request
I was logged into my account and uploaded a file to a requested folder link. However, when I got the upload confirmation email, it added my name to into the file name. I needed to have it named in a specific way and didn’t think it would add my name to then end of the file name.
Does this happen automatically?
- Does that change the “file name?” I had to use a specific naming sequence and I don’t know if it added onto the name or just let the person know who uploaded?
- Rich
Super User II
Learningtech wrote:
Does that change the “file name?”It actually renames the file to include your name.
What is a "File Request" that adds extra wording to a filename?
A student of mine that she received a request from a client to upload a file to Dropbox. She said that Dropbox was by default changing the filename she uploaded by adding her name to the file. The problem is that her client had precise instructions for how files were to be named. By adding her name, she appeared to be going against her client's wishes. I suggested a workaround, where she'd set up a Dropbox account, upload the file there and invite her client to retrieve it there, thus avoiding having Dropbox mess with the filename.
- This is exactly what happened to me. We followed instructions, but due to Dropbox default change, our file was not considered since the labeling was wrong.
