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JonOfficeatBDS
Explorer | Level 3
1 year ago

Shared folder link causes missing files

hey all,   We've run into an issue where the URL that we provide to our client to download files ends up with missing files. In a simple test I just did, I created a share link to a folder in our d...
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Hannah
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1 year ago

Hey JonOfficeatBDS, sorry to jump in here.

 

Can you also try this through an incognito/private browsing window?

 

And perhaps with a different app to unzip the folder?

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JonOfficeatBDS
Explorer | Level 3
1 year ago

Hey Hannah,

 

I have done incognito, i have tried whatever built in feature windows is allowing me to do and tried opening it in 7zip and extracting from there. These all produce the same results. 

  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
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    1 year ago
    JonOfficeatBDS wrote:

    These all produce the same results. 

    Is it the same files missing every time, or different files?

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      JonOfficeatBDS
      Explorer | Level 3
      1 year ago

      Hey Rich,

       

       

      Yes is it consistently downloading the same files and missing the same files.

      • Jay's avatar
        Jay
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        1 year ago

        HI JonOfficeatBDS, how large are the files that aren't downloading in the zip file?

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