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Questions about shared links changes.
Recent changes to Dropbox, which is critical to my daily workflow, have made it unreliable.
I have five questions that I need answered:
What EXACTLY is the purpose of the new "rlink=xxxxxxxxxxx...
David B.191 wrote:
I also see that the article mentions the "rlkey=" argument, but it doesn't describe what it does or whether I must include it in a shared link.
Yes, the rlkey parameter is required. R
Rich
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David B.191 wrote:
I also see that the article mentions the "rlkey=" argument, but it doesn't describe what it does or whether I must include it in a shared link.
Yes, the rlkey parameter is required. R
Rich wrote:
Yes, the rlkey parameter is required. Removing it will require visitors to sign in and request access to the file you're attempting to share with them.
Thank you, Rich. It makes the shared URL so long that I'm going to have to start using a shortener (such as tinyurl) on future shared links, as many people's e-mail clients break links that wrap to a second line.
I'm not at all as thrilled with Dropbox as I was when I started using it, over a decade ago.
