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taylorolmstead
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Shared Links Redirect Every Time Saying "Folder Does Not Exist"

Every time a colleague sends me a share link to a file in our shared dropbox I hit the same weird redirect bug:   File opens in the browser Error appears saying "Folder XXX does not exist" Page ...
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Jay
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2 years ago

Yep, that's just like the link I provided. You need them to create a shared link to the file itself, and not just a copy/paste of the URL as it appears on their page when logged in.

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