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easj
3 years agoNew member | Level 2
File on shared link appears as deleted after location of file changed
Hi all - I have been generating a Dropbox Sharelink to insert within various spreadsheets to use as a quick reference within the spreadsheet. The file location at the top level and therefore effectin...
easj
3 years agoNew member | Level 2
The top level folder had a subfolder under it which then had all other folders and files within it. Both should have been shared folders. Effectively the top level and the subfolder was just elongating the file path without any purposes so I cut all the contents of the subfolder and pasted it into the top level - which is where I think the link as classed files as deleted.
Hannah
Dropbox Community Moderator
3 years agoDo you know if the top level folder was the shared folder, or was it the subfolder that was shared?
To clarify, the folder that is considered shared, is the folder you're inviting people to.
If you were in the subfolder and invited people there, then the top level folder would be considered as non-shared, even if it includes the shared subfolder, so moving the file to that, broke the link.
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