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Levi11
Helpful | Level 5
4 years ago

How to Workaround "Zip File is Too Large" Error

I'm sharing a multitude of large files with colleagues via a Dropbox link that are nearly 120GB in size. However, they're telling me Dropbox doesn't allow them to download it due to an error saying t...
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nigthfire
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

For anybody seeing this still later:

 

I made myself a python script to be able to download files from a shared folder which would exceed the zip file size. Without necessity to add them to your own  Dropbox account of course.

 

https://github.com/rehroman/dropbox-file-downloader

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    Azimuth1
    Explorer | Level 4
    2 years ago

    Unfortunately your script is not working for me... I repeatedly got an error of "your link is not correct" even if the dlkey part is present. 

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