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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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fender7802
New member | Level 2
3 months ago

for anyone having problems with windows 11 make sure you right click the Dropbox icon within windows explorer and choose "Make available offline" 

 

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    dplam
    Explorer | Level 3
    3 months ago

    Thanks but when I right click on the Dropbox icon in windows explorer, I don't get that option.  The pop out menu does not show a Dropbox icon.

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      Mark
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      3 months ago
      dplam wrote:

      Thanks but when I right click on the Dropbox icon in windows explorer, I don't get that option.  The pop out menu does not show a Dropbox icon.

      Have you checked Drobox is running on your machine? May be worth a redownload and install: www.dropbox.com/downloading 

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