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vsrc
New member | Level 2
4 years ago

Error 404 on a shared link

I keep getting a 404 error on a link shared by a co-worker. I was able to open it few hours ago - and now all of sudden it does not work anymore. Co-worker has neither deleted the link nor removed th...
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kathycap
New member | Level 2
4 years ago

thank you but don't believe that's the case.  seems unlikely that every single unique link i've sent has all of a sudden (within hours of it working) are banned.  these are separate unique links that have different content and ALL are not working.  NO content has been banned.

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pip din
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3 years ago

Trying to download file for transcription keeps coming up error 404 why am baffled never happened before. Pip Din 

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    Rich
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    3 years ago
    pip din wrote:

    Trying to download file for transcription keeps coming up error 404 why am baffled never happened before.

    Either the link expired or was removed, or the file was deleted. You need to contact the person that provided you with the link and ask them for a new one.

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