# Any idea why filenames won't show up in dropbox in Chrome on my laptop?

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**Created:** [August 12, 2014, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-why-filenames-wont-show-up-in-dropbox-in-chrome-on-my-laptop/695350 "2014-08-12T02:58:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-why-filenames-wont-show-up-in-dropbox-in-chrome-on-my-laptop/695350/1 "2014-08-12T02:58:25Z")

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When I look at my dropbox files in Chrome, they are fully accessible, but no file nor folder actually has a name displayed.

Internet Explorer works fine in this regard.

I did just update Java, and dropbox worked fine in Chrome last time I tried it. Could the Java update have anything to do with it?

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**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-why-filenames-wont-show-up-in-dropbox-in-chrome-on-my-laptop/695350/2 "2014-08-12T02:59:36Z")

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Update: In Chrome, if I sign into my dropbox account, the names appear. If I sign out, they disappear.

None of this occurs in IE.