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renamed folder shows former name when shared
A folder has been renamed, from Diligence December 2020 to Diligence March 2021.
A new person has been invited to view the folder.
The link automatically generated by dropbox says the name of the folder is the former name, Diligence December 2020!
How do you ensure that the correct, updated name of the folder appears in the invitation?
Yes, you would need to create a new folder, move all the files in to it and then share that with everybody if you them to have that name. But, remember - they can change the name themselves... to anything they want.
The reason it keeps the first name given is that anybody, at all, who has that shared folder can rename it or move it as they like. So you cannot then change the name yourself.
- Mark
Super User II
You need to create a totally new shared folder greta2
https://help.dropbox.com/files-folders/share/rename-move-shared-folder
Thanks for your quick reply. I don't understand the purpose of renaming folders then! If I understand the suggestion solution correctly, it is necessary to create a new folder with the correct name and then copy all of the material from the old folder and all of its sub folders into the new space?
What is the purpose of renaming folders if no one is able to see the new name?
- Mark
Yes, you would need to create a new folder, move all the files in to it and then share that with everybody if you them to have that name. But, remember - they can change the name themselves... to anything they want.
The reason it keeps the first name given is that anybody, at all, who has that shared folder can rename it or move it as they like. So you cannot then change the name yourself.
