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mike m.10's avatar
mike m.10
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

PDF Preview functionality - how to disable?

I really, really dislike the Dropbox PDF preview functionality. It served my needs much better to have the PDF I click on in Dropbox open directly in Acrobat Reader. Is there a way to switch the PDF ...
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Simon H.18's avatar
Simon H.18
New member | Level 1
9 years ago

Incredible that, after over a year of us moaning about this and doing nothing to help, Dropbox have made things even worse by opening in "Recent" mode (which usually just whirls around with no results).

I really don't want Dropbox telling me where I should be going for my files - I KNOW where they are!

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Dropbox, when you decide to foist new 'features' on us, allow us to switch them off.

Disgruntled and looking hard at OneDrive

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