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E_G_
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago

Not enough space to add a shared folder, but there should be enough space

Hi. I wanted to add a shared folder, but received a message telling me I don't have enough free space to do so. This surprised me because the folder has a size of 2 GB and I have 2 GB of  free sp...
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E_G_'s avatar
E_G_
Explorer | Level 4

No, the error simply says "There's not enough space." - it isn't mentioned how much more space I would actually need.

The folder has a size of 2 GB and I have 2 GB of free space, but somehow that's not enough.

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Walter
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4 years ago
Hey there E_G_, sorry to jump in here, but have you tried getting some more space as outlined here to see if that helps?

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