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  • simondolphin's avatar
    simondolphin
    Explorer | Level 4
    6 years ago

    Thanks Rich.  Good to know.  This may be the problem. When I rename the folder, it now works? Don't exactly see the logic but anyway it somehow works now. Thank you for your help.

    • Rich's avatar
      Rich
      Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
      6 years ago

      What was the original name of the folder? It was likely using a character that's considered illegal on your operating system, so Dropbox wasn't able to create it locally.

    • Athena888's avatar
      Athena888
      New member | Level 2
      6 years ago

      Hello Simon

      Im experiancing the same problem. Did you find a resolution?

      Ive checked, there are no illegal caracters in the file name.

      Any help will be much apprecaited 

      Thank you 

      Kind Regards

      Aishah

  • petmram's avatar
    petmram
    Explorer | Level 4
    5 years ago

    Worked for me, as soon as I removed dots from the troubled folder name, DropBox displayed the folder in my Explorer and synched all files. Back in business - Thank you!

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