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amelling's avatar
amelling
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

File download stopping part way through

I have a mov file on my dropbox. It is 4.6gb. I would like this file to be on my PC.   I can play the video in my browser. I can't download it onto my PC. It stops downloading at ~1.4gb. The help w...
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    amelling
    3 years ago

    Thanks, it downloaded, eventually.

     

    The software was automatically downloading the file, I just didn't find out for hours. There was no visual indication in the Dropbox folder in Windows Explorer. The software itself seemed to have no GUI of its own. I eventually found the information in the hidden system tray icons, several hours later, when it was about 90% downloaded.


    I now have the file, and I've uninstalled the software.

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