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ctctc
Helpful | Level 6
7 years ago

Files uploaded to a shared folder come with a red circle and an X on them. Why?

I just uploaded a bunch of PDFs to a shared dropbox folder and instead of the green circle with checkmark to the right, they're accompanied by a red circle with an X. Does anyone know what this means...
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    ctctc
    7 years ago

    Found the problem. The author of these files used a\in their name. Replacing the backslash with a hyphen replace's the error flag with an up-to-date flag and they now appear at/home.

     

    Thanks for your help Mark!

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ctctc
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The files are not open at present. Closing and then opening the folder produces the same results. The error flagged files are not visible on www.dropbox.com/home.

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ctctc
Helpful | Level 6
7 years ago

Found the problem. The author of these files used a\in their name. Replacing the backslash with a hyphen replace's the error flag with an up-to-date flag and they now appear at/home.

 

Thanks for your help Mark!

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