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Opening an MS Access file will create a duplicate file
Opening an MS Access file (e.g. Personal.accdb) on my Dropbox will create a duplicate file, where the original file is duplicated and a number added for each time I have tried opening the file (e.g. ...
Dear Jane & Mark,
thank you very much for both your help. I have a hunch it was more related to the Access database itself then Dropbox. For now (touch wood!) it works just fine, as it did in the past.
I ran some tests with the file stored locally (not on Dropbox) and it had a similar problem.
Anyway, thanks again for your time & effort! Much appreciated!
Have a nice evening!
Brgds,
Tristar1982
Mark
Super User II
Super User IIThat sounds like its something to do with Access itself (is it linked to other files that need relative links etc. which are now broken?)
Its also worth saying Access (or rather databases in general) and Dropbox are not a good combo!
Dear Jane & Mark,
thank you very much for both your help. I have a hunch it was more related to the Access database itself then Dropbox. For now (touch wood!) it works just fine, as it did in the past.
I ran some tests with the file stored locally (not on Dropbox) and it had a similar problem.
Anyway, thanks again for your time & effort! Much appreciated!
Have a nice evening!
Brgds,
Tristar1982
- Jane
Dropbox Staff
