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Using windows 11, I manage my drobox files in my windows folders with dropbox app installed. I drag and drop all "2023" or all "2022" files to a respectively named folder, however because these images are iphone images they contain a "." in the name, and this "." has caused some files to corrupt when moving to a folder.
As I was bulk moving the files, I did not look into the folder until a month or so later to go and edit, this is when I saw the problem, 2.5k files corrupted, either as a UFO symbol or as a PDF, and because this action happened more than 30 days ago I can not restore the previous version of the files 😞
I am very confused as to how this as happened, surely there would be a warning system in place for the "."?
Does anyone have any way to restore these files?>
The . shouldnt cause an issue at all - its a simple move.
HOWEVER I'm wondering were they set to available locally before the move? If not that could cause issues
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Hey @benjaminwdavies - sorry to jump in here, but have you tried renaming those files to see if that helps?
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