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sjesser
7 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Use of "/" and other symbols
Thank you for taking the time to ready my question. When I create folders they have these types of names and use these types of symbols: 06/08/18_Property Management Company Name_Property Add...
- 7 years ago
Thank you so much for your reply.
It appears I have solved the problem. Even though the error message says the forward slash is not an acceptable symbol it works!
Interestingly enought though, the forward slash is replaced with a colon when I few my files on a mobile device such as my phone or iPad. Weird.
...and yes. I am running the most current version of both DropBox and iOS.
Jane
Dropbox Staff
As I was unable to recreate the behavior you’ve described above on my end (namely the forward slash wasn’t renamed to colon when I tried to recreate on an iPad)- though I received the same error message with Invalid Folder Names, could you relay the steps you’re following in your next post here, so as to make sure I get a better understanding of the matter?
Additionally, can you please confirm that you’re running the latest version of the Dropbox application on your iPad (98.2) & you’ve installed all OS updates?
Thanks in advance for your cooperation & I’ll be awaiting your next post here, in order to check it in more depth together!
sjesser
7 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Thank you so much for your reply.
It appears I have solved the problem. Even though the error message says the forward slash is not an acceptable symbol it works!
Interestingly enought though, the forward slash is replaced with a colon when I few my files on a mobile device such as my phone or iPad. Weird.
...and yes. I am running the most current version of both DropBox and iOS.
- Jane7 years agoDropbox StaffThanks a lot for looping back here on the progress sjesser, glad to hear that this has now been sorted for you!Please don’t hesitate to post us again here in case you have further questions or feedback in the future & we’ll make sure to check back with you as closely as possible. Happy Dropboxing & enjoy the rest of your day! 😊
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