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sullywhacker
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3 years ago

Reinstating old shared link

Hello - I saw the thread on the woman who asked about "reviving" a link from 2015 > the answer being she needed to contact the owner of the link as he/she had set an expiry for that link. I am trying...
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Rich
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3 years ago
sullywhacker wrote:

I am trying to access the Dropbox of a friend who loaded pictures of our ski trip, also back in 2015 > he shared the link ... Is it possible to reinstate that link using my old email?

No, it's not. Only the owner of the files could provide you with a new link. Additionally, if his account went unused for more than a year, the account and files within it would have been deleted due to inactivity, which could explain why your link has stopped working.

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