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Please don't block me from generating a link for a file that hasn't finished uploading
A new "feature" has been implemented where if I drop a new file in a DB folder, and then go to click on "Copy Dropbox Link", it simply won't perform the task until the file has finished uploading.
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Hi everyone. We recently discovered a bug that caused this to break. It is now fixed. If you continue to have trouble copying a link to a file that is uploading/syncing please let us know.
It will be especially helpful if you can also tell us:
* What version of Dropbox you're using: Dropbox Windows, Mac, or Web
* The steps you're using to copy the link (e.g. right click, then choose "Copy Dropbox Link" )
This might be a Windows only bug now? - looks like it's working for me Mac OS 12.3.1 DB 174.4.5852. Thanks for fixing this yet again! Hope the windows fix comes quick too.
BenDBX
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Community ManagerHi Everybody,
I'm checking into confirm whether or not this is still affecting any users. From what I'm seeing, this was fixed for mac users with a macos update, but Windows users may still be affected. Rexxyboy was this issue resolved for you?
Feel free to reply here and let me know. If this issue is persisting, I will make sure it gets passed onto the right team for resolution.
Regards,
Ben
Yeah, been working well for me so far (OSX)! thanks for the fix!
Hi Ben, not resolved on Win 11. It was working fine for a few months without needing upload to finish, but now it seems persistent.
Recapping my issue: Upload a 150mb rar (zipped) file to dropbox, then right click the file in the dropbox folder, dropbox context menu does not appear until the upload is complete. If i go deeper into the right click menu, there is a native "Copy Dropbox Link" option there (not dedicated dropbox context menu), if i click that, i get a popout notification saying "Cannot copy link/path not found". Dropbox context menu only appears after the upload is complete. It seems to work more often as expected with smaller individual files (docs, gifs, xls files etc).
Happy to report it is working now. It's taking longer for the blue context menu to appear, up to 7 seconds, but it does appear and i can copy the link before the download is up! It used to appear after a second or so, it's just taking a lot longer, but confirm it's working.
I'm guessing the longer delay is windows 11 pro indexing of context menu items is updating each time i right click, and just super slow, that could be a lot more efficient on microsoft's part, i do have a few custom right-click items, Bulk Rename Here, new folder with items, among others!
Thanks to all, have a great day!
Rexx.
