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shilferty
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January 23, 2018
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But I'm NOT "deleting the root folder" -- just editing text

  • January 23, 2018
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Just moved from PC to Mac at work.  Editing an HTML file, I keep getting an error "Sorry, you can't delete the root folder."  But all I'm trying to do is delete a line of text (with a couple of links in it).  After a few minutes of delete-a-character-get-an-error, delete-another-character-get-error ...  I got it down to a single quotation mark that it simply will not delete.

Does anybody know WTH?

If I had any hair left I would be tearing it out.

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    Nancy OShea
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    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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    January 23, 2018

    Switch to Design View.

    Also Validate the code in your document.  I'm willing to bet that DW is choking on code errors it can't reconcile.

    Nancy

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    shilfertyAuthor
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    January 23, 2018

    Happens in Design view, too.

    I have found, though, that it is CONSTANTLY syncing stuff in the background as well -- even though it's an email, not part of a site. It seems to be treating it like the entire company server is a site full of files it's trying to sync...  Could be part of it?  But it never happened on the PC.

    (Note, I use a Mac at home, so I'm used to the app -- but it's not connected to a big ol' corporate server.)

    Nancy OShea
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    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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    January 23, 2018

    Even though you're doing an email, you must define a local folder for your projects.   Example, C:\MyTestSite\

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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