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Downloading from shared folders
I need to download all files from a folder someone shared with me, but instructions I've found online mention hovering over files and clicking a checkmark, which is not appearing. I've also seen reference to downloading all as a ZIP file, but this option doesn't appear either. The only option seems to be clicking each file to open it and download it from there, but there are too many files to download each separately. Is there any other way to achieve this download?Solved25KViews0likes7Comments
Dropbox - how to edit file in a shared folder?
I have a url of a shared folder with some files that I would like to modify (without changing the url) and I am not entirely sure how to do this. When following the URL, I cannot really modify them in browser and dropbox offers me an option "Download to your dropbox". However, this only seems to download a copy of the file and modifying it does not change the original file. Is there a way of doing this? Thanks for any help!Solved7.4KViews0likes3CommentsCannot access Shared Folder
Advice please, I have been using dropbox without any issues for a long time, via my laptop, phone, tablet and dropbox.com, 24hours ago that all changed. I have a shared folder with my partner, my partner did some housekeeping to tidy up the folder. Since then I have not been able to access many of the sub folders on my laptop. Neither my partner nor myself changed any settings to the folders or our individual dropbox accounts. I can see all of the folders on dropbox.com, in the dropbox app on my phone and tablet but cannot see or access these folders via the desktop app on windows 10. I have searched the online help, which suggests a syncing issue and to check that the folders are shared. We have checked they are shared and have made no changes to the application settings for syncing. I then proceeded to delete the dropbox application and re-install it on my desktop to see if that improved the situation, re-installing using all the recommended settings. Things get stranger here, the dropbox desktop app that re-installed doesn't open up as an 'App' like it did before, it just opens the windows file explorer. There hadn't been any software updates when this occured. We were both actually using dropbox when these issues occurred. I have run clean-up tools and done a complete virus scan, etc. Any suggestions on what has gone wrong, and what I can do to access these files again on my laptop? Whilst I can view/see the files on dropbox.com, phone and tablet. I cannot use them, as I need to use the software on my laptop to do this, these programs are not cloud based. Help!Solved7.1KViews0likes11Commentshyperlinks in a file located within a shared folder do not open when opened by others
I uploaded a folder from my network to a shared dropbox folder. The folder uploaded contains branch files to support the hyperlinks I created . Within my dropbox folder, If I click on the hyperlinks they work/open. Once I send out a link of my dropbox folder to be share with someone, the hyperlinks within the folder files do not work/open for the recipient . How can I get the hyperlinks to work for others to view?6.9KViews0likes6CommentsIn a shared folder, can I prevent members from seeing other members?
I am wanting to share the contents of a folder without others being able to see who else has been invited to review the items in the folder. I am inviting competitors to bid on a project and don't want them to know who else is involved as they rerview or download diligence information. I would rather not have to set up separate folders for each competitor.Solved6.1KViews1like4CommentsHow to Access Download Link Using An Android Browser Not The APP?
I'm trying to share some files with a friend who does not have a dropbox account. He lives in a rural area, has limited internet access through his Android mobile device, and does not want to install the app. How can he download from the shared folder link I sent to him via a browser on his phone without having to install the app?Solved6KViews0likes4Commentsif someone shares a folder with you and you save it to your Dropbox, can they delete that folder fro
Hi, Someone shared a Dropbox folder with me, and I saved it to my Dropbox. However, now, when I want to go to the files in it, it's nowhere to be found in my Dropbox. I have a piece of software, where I can link to files I have, so I can see the exact path of where I saved these, and it's file://users/[myname]/Dropbox/etc. When I went back to the email where they'd shared the file and clicked on it, it told me that folder no longer existed. I would prefer not to go back to this person because I'm a journalist and it's a source who was quite forthcoming with me but has since seen his fortunes change, and so I feel he probably intentionally deleted the folder, or if not, that at least now, he would not be inclined to help me anymore. To add one more wrinkle to this, he had actually saved some documents specifically for me, and so they were in their own folder in the Dropbox, and when I got home, I realized Dropbox had not saved the folder but instead all the files he had set aside were mixed in with everything else. So I had to get his assistant to re-send the selected docs. Somehow, I still have those selected docs that the assistant had to re-share with me later on, which I had also downloaded to my Dropbox, but not the bigger set. Did I just not save the bigger folder correctly or ... I'm so confused. If anyone can shed light on what might have happened and if there's any way to recover the larger folder of files, I would appreciate it! NYC105.8KViews0likes3CommentsIssue with excel, when I opened, show as view only
it's on a shared folder, office fully updates, windows fully update, it happens to a partner on the office but, he was able to fix only formatting the computer. I try also, File/options/trust center click on trust center settings, protected view and disable all the boxes and doesn't work. I have permissions to save, but I can't. I disable the antivirus an doesn't work. Sometimes that I opened i'm able to edit the files, sometimes not.Solved5.5KViews0likes4CommentsI'm trying to download files but Dropbox is asking me to upgrade?
I have a simple free account, but client just sent or shared me a folder that has 45 gigs of material on it. I need to download the material, but dropbox is asking me to upgrade my membership to do so. Is there way to do this without having to pay the fee/subscription? I don’t use dropbox for any big projects, but I need to access this material. Is there something my client can do to let me access it?Solved4.7KViews0likes3Comments