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dplam
Explorer | Level 3
5 months ago

Windows 11 won't let me open Dropbox documents that are on my hard drive (0x80070780 error)

Recently bought a new Dell xps with Windows 11.  I can open all Dropbox documents when going through the website but get and error message 0x80070780 when I try to open Dropbox documents that are on ...
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dplam
Explorer | Level 3

I have renamed and moved to my desktop.  I can open them and have been able to do so since saving them to desktop several weeks ago.

 

I also renamed several files and saved them in a new folder within Dropbox several weeks ago.  I continue to be able to open those files.

 

Almost all other files in Dropbox are not accessible to me via the Dropbox app but they are available through the Dropbox website.

 

What could possibly be the issue?

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Walter
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4 months ago

There must be some sort of permission or third party issue on the OS profile you're working on at the moment dplam 

 

Can you try creating a new OS profile and installing the desktop app there? 

 

Let me know if you still get the same error. 

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