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knoxtim
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Open With

I have had Dropbox for years, and when opening a file I have always had to select "open with". It there a setting that will allow Dropbox to automatically open a file with the appropriate software to...
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Walter
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Hi there knoxtim, thanks for using Dropbox and welcome to the Community!

 

I'm afraid I'm not aware of such a setting within Dropbox at this time. Could you clarify which file-types you're having issues with and if you're using the desktop app, the mobile one or the website to do this?

 

Thanks!

RobotPsykolog's avatar
RobotPsykolog
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

Dropbox has removed the ability to open my files with my prefered programs. I need to choose "Open with" EVERY single time and they think this is a feature!
I have wrote them so many times and now they tell this is intented to be like this! Dropbox doing things worse and is proud of it!

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