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Something weird happens when I rename files
So, every time I try to rename a file after uploading it, Dropbox automatically changes the type of file it is (or encrypts it?). I'm not sure what happens precisely but the file becomes unreadable. I can't open it with any app and it becomes useless and I lose essential data in the process. How can I prevent this? I want to be able to rename my files without issues after uploading them to Dropbox.
PhilipCh1994 wrote:
So, every time I try to rename a file after uploading it, Dropbox automatically changes the type of file it is (or encrypts it?).
Dropbox doesn't (and can't) change your file's type. It just doesn't have that capability.
When you're renaming a file, are you removing or changing the file's extension? That would be the characters after the last period in the file name, such as .xlsx, .docx, .jpg, etc. Without a file extension, your computer won't know how to open a file. It's the file extension that tells your computer (and Dropbox) what type of file it is, and what application should be used to open the file.
- Rich
Super User II
PhilipCh1994 wrote:
So, every time I try to rename a file after uploading it, Dropbox automatically changes the type of file it is (or encrypts it?).
Dropbox doesn't (and can't) change your file's type. It just doesn't have that capability.
When you're renaming a file, are you removing or changing the file's extension? That would be the characters after the last period in the file name, such as .xlsx, .docx, .jpg, etc. Without a file extension, your computer won't know how to open a file. It's the file extension that tells your computer (and Dropbox) what type of file it is, and what application should be used to open the file.
yep, that was it actually. Sounds retarded but I didn't think about the extension. However, I also think Dropbox should find a workaround for this. Who wants to haven extensions in their files names...
- Rich
PhilipCh1994 wrote:
However, I also think Dropbox should find a workaround for this. Who wants to haven extensions in their files names...
It's not a Dropbox issue to resolve. That is how files and applications work. If someone needs to change that (and I don't think anything needs to be changed), it would be the groups that write the operating systems and applications that create the files.
