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jbaliko
8 months agoNew member | Level 2
Cannot edit files in synced folders on my Windows machine
I cannot copy anything to the synced Dropbox folders on my PC because "it needs administrator rights".
I cannot add or delete anything directly in the PC folders.
I have to use the web interface...
- 8 months ago
Hi @Jay,
In the meantime I managed to find the solution.
My Dropbox folder was assigned a drive letter, and the share rights were not properly set. The problem emerged only when I used the substitute drive letter.
Thanks for the effort!
jbaliko
New member | Level 2
Hi @Jay,
In the meantime I managed to find the solution.
My Dropbox folder was assigned a drive letter, and the share rights were not properly set. The problem emerged only when I used the substitute drive letter.
Thanks for the effort!
Jay
8 months agoDropbox Staff
Thanks for the update, and I'm happy to hear you found a solution.
Just to check, do you have a custom setup which assigned a drive letter for the Dropbox folder, since this isn't part of the normal Dropbox app process?
- jbaliko8 months agoNew member | Level 2
Hi @Jay,
Yes, this is a custom solution, to make the folder access easier.
Let's say that after the installation the default Dropbox folder is something like "C:\users\username\dropbox", but after that I manually assign the drive letter D to this folder.
The Dropbox app does not even know that there is a drive D, it uses the original folder path, and that worked well.
So my original issue was not related to the Dropbox app.
- Jay8 months agoDropbox Staff
Thanks for the clarification, this might help other users who have done something similar and experienced the same issue!
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