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  1. DYLAN ECKERMANN
    Dylan Eckermann Win User

    Brown box in bottom left corner of my PDF, excel and word documents and can no longer open...


    Brown box in bottom left corner of my PDF, excel and word documents and can no longer open the files. Why has this occurred and how to fix.

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    Dylan Eckermann, Mar 18, 2023
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  2. TONY LAURVICK
    Tony Laurvick Win User

    Brown box on the corner of Word-Excel-PDF Documents

    Suddenly today on my wifes Windows 11 PC most of her documents had a brown File box over the bottom left corner of a document and most she can no longer open

    She does not use one drive, uses dropbox

    receives an error message when trying to open them
     
    Tony Laurvick, Mar 18, 2023
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  3. TONYLAURVICK
    TonyLaurvick Win User
    Brown box on the corner of Word-Excel-PDF Documents

    The file extensions are Valid as they are in "dropbox" and can be opened from multiple other devices. This PC is the only one that randomly started getting the brown box icon on the lower left corner of the file icons and 75% of the files wont open just on that PC
     
    TonyLaurvick, Mar 18, 2023
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  4. ROCHE AGRAM
    Roche Agram Win User

    Brown box in bottom left corner of my PDF, excel and word documents and can no longer open...

    Brown box on the corner of Word-Excel-PDF Documents

    Hi Tony. Were you able to resolve this? I'm having the same issue! Very frustrating. Please let me know if you were able to find a solution.
     
    Roche Agram, Mar 18, 2023
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