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amelchi
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

"Your Dropbox folder contains some file types that are not supported"; how can I identify them?

How can I identify which files are causing the message "Your Dropbox folder contains some file types that are not supported" ? No showed erro on sync,,,
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Hannah
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2 years ago

Hey amelchi, thanks for letting us know about this.

 

Can you perhaps send us a screenshot of this message and where it appears?

 

What's currently the sync status and version of the Dropbox app?

 

You can hover over your Dropbox icon, to see this info.

 

Thanks in advance!

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