The file *** has properties that cannot be copied to the new one

daniel22 Posted messages 335 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   -  
Patrick-Lyon Posted messages 31 Status Membre -
Hello,
Due to issues with DROPBOX, I would like to copy a file contained in the DROPBOX directory to an external hard drive.
It tells me "the file *** has properties that cannot be copied to the new location".

What should I do????
It's very important to me.
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Thank you in advance for your help.

Windows 10 Excel 2016

daniel22

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alex64-PB Posted messages 589 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   79
 
I had forgotten: to launch msconfig
you need to type "msconfig" at the bottom left of the screen
"type here to search"

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Sincere regards (bihotzez)
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Patrick-Lyon Posted messages 31 Status Membre 5
 
Thank you.
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Patrick-Lyon Posted messages 31 Status Membre 5
 
One solution would be to open this file, then save it in the new location.
Possibly with "bis" if it doesn't work with the original name.

But in principle, it should work.
I regularly perform this maneuver when I want to use the same base file for something else.
For example, "Mail Jacques" > save as "Mail Aline". (Then I modify the text of the mail, but that's another subject).
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daniel22 Posted messages 335 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   4
 
Thank you for your reply.

However, I don't know how to open the file .......

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daniel22
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Patrick-Lyon Posted messages 31 Status Membre 5
 
To open a file, here is a method.
- You need to click on "Explorer." (or click on the icon representing an open folder (light yellow color)
- An "Documents" tab will appear,
- Click on Documents and a list of folders will appear.
- Your file is either in "Documents" or in one of the folders (in which case, you need to look at the names one by one to visualize it).
- Then you position your cursor (with the mouse) on that folder and you make a "right-click".
- At that moment, a dropdown menu appears presenting several options:
"Open" straightforwardly, and also "Open with"
- You click on "Open with"... a new menu appears naming all the software with which you can open this file.

- It’s up to you to test them one after the other to see which one works.
For your information, there are "Open with: Notepad, WordPad, Internet Explorer, Open Office, Paint, etc..
(Sometimes when the list is too long, you see "more options", if you click on "more options", you have even more choices. It all depends on the number of programs installed on your computer.

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Patrick Huet - writer and river walker
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daniel22 Posted messages 335 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   4
 
Thank you for your reply, Patrick.

However, it doesn't work, still the same message and I can't open the files...
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alex64-PB Posted messages 589 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   79
 
Good evening
start the computer in safe mode.
and try to copy the file

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Sincerely (bihotzez)
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Patrick-Lyon Posted messages 31 Status Membre 5
 
Good evening Alex64,
Could you clarify how to start in safe mode?
Thank you in advance.

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Patrick Huet - writer and river-walker.
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alex64-PB Posted messages 589 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   79
 
Good evening

launch "<a href='https://www.commentcamarche.net/informatique/windows/253-msconfig-windows-bien-utiliser-l-outil-de-configuration-systeme/'>msconfig</a>"
=> Startup tab => check "Safe boot" minimal
=> apply
and restart the computer and try to copy the file.

Note: remember to go back to <a href='https://www.commentcamarche.net/informatique/windows/253-msconfig-windows-bien-utiliser-l-outil-de-configuration-systeme/'>msconfig</a> and uncheck "Safe boot", apply and restart.

See you later
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