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Why does a dl.dropboxusercontent.com download link behave differently?
A friend and I share mp3 files through dropbox though I use dropbox.cm and he uses dl.dropboxusercontent.com. The link I send him looks and behaves differently than the one he sends me. He gets a button to download the file while his link opens Windows Media Player and I must go through a few more steps to download the file. This is non-copyrighted material, by the way. The only way to get his link when clicked is to add a suffix with the characters - ?dl=0 to the end of the link. What gives with this?
There's no way to specify which domain is used. Different domains are used for different features. You just create a share link (or Public link if you still have a Public folder) and the link generated is the one you use.
- https://help.dropbox.com/share/create-and-share-link#link
- https://help.dropbox.com/share/force-download
- https://help.dropbox.com/share/public-folder
Mod note: edited to update links in post [last updated 2022]
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Can i make a direct download link for my dropbox files by using dl.dropboxusercontent.com in place of www.dropbox.com
Is it ok for dropbox if i share my files this way
- Rich
Super User II
Aplha7878 wrote:
Can i make a direct download link for my dropbox files by using dl.dropboxusercontent.com in place of www.dropbox.com
Are you having a problem creating a direct download link? Creating a shared link now uses the dropbox.com domain. The dropboxusercontent.com domain, while still functional for files that use it, is no longer used to create new links to files. That method of sharing was deprecated years ago.
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