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thomashayden
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Download not opening with =1 change of link.

Before I could enable it so I the share link of a file I could change to =1 at the end and it would initiate the download. It is still doing that but it's opening in a strange window instead of sta...
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Nancy
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3 years ago

Thanks for posting here, thomashayden!

 

As a first, can you send a screenshot of the new window that now pops up on your screen? 

 

I’d like to have a look and check this further.

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    thomashayden
    Explorer | Level 3
    3 years ago

    Hey there, 

     

    Please see screenshot here:

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    As you can see instead of initiating the download, it opens a blank page with the download... Very strange.

     

    Works fine apart from Safari browser.

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      Jay
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      3 years ago

      Hi thomashayden, could you copy and paste the screenshot directly into your post instead of via a shared link?

       

      Have you tried using a different browser to see if the behavior is different when downloading files?

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