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I use the "recent items" lists quite often. For instance, I right-click on the MS Excel icon down in the system tray, and it brings up the most recent items I've opened in Excel. I can open the file and work on it from this list. I've done this for years on multiple Windows 7 machines with files located in DropBox.
A more recent machine is giving me headaches though, and I'm not sure if it's related to Windows 10 or not. Now, instead of listing all the files I've worked on, it lists each file numerous times, and the files are all listed as "Copy of XXXX.xls" rather that just "XXXX.xls".
How can I make these "Copy of" copies go away, so I only see a list of the files I've worked on?
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So I picked a rather easy and recent file, for simplicity lets call it "Checklist.xls". This file was moved to DB by me this morning (on another computer), and then on my primary computer, I opened it and edited it.
When I go to Dropbox.com, and search for it, I only see one copy. There is no file called "Copy of Checklist.xls", or anything like that.
Looking at the version list shows two versions - both called "Checklist.xls" - the original I copied over, and the new version I edited.
Now that I've closed the file, let's say I wanted to reopen it - I right click on my EXCEL logo in the system tray shows the following two items right at the top:
CHECKLIST
COPY OF CHECKLIST
Where is this "Copy of..." version coming from?
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The reason I think Dropbox is involved in this issue is that all my Excel files that are located locally on this computer - NONE of them exhibit this behavior. I just created a new Excel file, TEST.xls, on my desktop, opened, edited, and closed it several times, and I do not get a "COPY OF" version in my RECENT ITEMS list.
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When I right-click on the "Copy of" file versions from the recent menu, I get they are located at:
<C:\Users\MYUSERNAME\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Office.Desktop_8wekyb3d8bbwe\AC\INetCache\Content.MSO>
Both "size" and "size on disk" are listed as 0 K?
There is no Created, Modified, or Accessed date listed. They are all blank.
Interestingly, as soon as I copied the TEST.xls document from my desktop into Dropbox, it immediately showed up with a "COPY OF" version on the Recent Items list. Before that, even though I had opened and edited it numerous times, only the original showed up.
Any help is appreciated!
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I've only seen this on this one device. It's the only device where I'm using Excel, Dropbox, and Windows 10 together. Most of my devices are Windows 7.
Yes, this is the most up to date version of Excel.
What makes you think this is a Microsoft issue? It's only happening on files that are in Dropbox. Files that are located on my computer (such as the desktop) are not doing this. It seems to be a Dropbox issue.
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