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Nakamoo
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Link in PDF to a Dropbox Folder Not Working

In Microsoft Word, I pasted a link to a Dropbox Folder.  Holding Ctrl key + left clicking on this link opens the folder in my wed browser. I copied this link and pasted onto an email.  Left clickin...
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Walter's avatar
Walter
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2 years ago

Are you the owner of these folders Nakamoo?

 

What is the exact error you're getting with the nested sub-folder by the way? Could you send us a screenshot?

 

Also, did you try the links from a logged-in state or were you logged off from your Dropbox account? 

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Nakamoo
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Hi Walter,

 

I am the owner of these folders.

Screenshots below are two of four error messages I got so far.  Other than these messages, I also got Error (500) and another short message saying something about url at the upper left corner of my browser with no picture.   I forgot the exact sentence though.

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