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awitzburg
New member | Level 2
6 years ago

Smart Sync error - "There was an error opening this document"

I can access files on dropbox website, however on all computers utilizing smartsync, every time you try and open a file from the dropbox folder, it says "There was an error opening this doucment. The...
Desktop
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Setting up the apps
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ykoutsikos
New member | Level 2
6 years ago

Same here. Proposed workaround does work but obviously is not a solution.

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