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My public folder is no longer being shared to everyone, why?
I have been using DropBox for over 10 years ... but recently things have changed, in W11 seems very different.
For example, I have a public folder .. and I set this to be available to all to view ... and its subfolders & contents, been working fine.
Now the 'Public' folder is set to only me ..... plus contacts are limited, how can I reset it to be available to anyone
When people try to access any file in it they get a message that they need approval.
How do I set the folder AND all of its subfolders AND contents to be available?
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Most likely, you're looking to create a shared link to a folder. Could you try the exact steps listed in this article to see if this helps?
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- Jay
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hi sargan, thanks for bringing this to our attention.
Are you referring to the old Public folder feature which was deprecated on September 1st 2017, or a normal shared link to a folder?
This will help me to assist further!
No idea what the folder is/was.
Until I upgraded to W11 DropBox was a square Blue icon on desktop (shortcut) now its a folder so definitely changes.
What I want is a folder that I can put public access items ....for me that is a number of files, and a number of sub folders with files ..... want to be able to click on a file or folder get a link and share it ..... has worked until now.
If I have to share every item individually that is too difficult.Happy enough with other folders, but do need 1 public access folder, how do I recover that ?
related to this, I have looked in help pages .. it talk about having to share a folder and I can select edit or view.
I want people to be able to download ... but not make changes to my files ..... will view allow that ? confusing as when I tried a 'share' option it asks me for names. I want to share to 'all'
- Jay
Most likely, you're looking to create a shared link to a folder. Could you try the exact steps listed in this article to see if this helps?
will this allow download without ability to change my files (which is what I want)
If I create a 'shared link' to a folder and create it as a 'link for viewing' does it automatically confer same 'view' privileges to all items contained within that folder .. including contents of sub-folders ?
Thnx ... that seems to meet the needs.
