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Run_DMC
3 years agoHelpful | Level 5
No Longer Able to Create Shared Links
This afternoon, I was in Windows Explorer and tried as I have many times before to create a link to share a file. However, the option to create a link was no longer available. After restarting my com...
Здравко
Legendary | Level 20
Run_DMC wrote:..., I I'll be evaluating other options to see if there's anything that can give me what I'm looking for.
Hi Run_DMC,
Other thing you can do (and I advise you do it) is turn off your so called Dropbox Computer Backup completely at the beginning. Next, once everything completes, you can move whatever you want ( file(s) and/or folder(s) ) to share into Dropbox folder and share it/them from there (as before). That's it. 😉 Even more - such a way is much more safe!
Hope this helps.
Run_DMC
3 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Thanks for your response, but this does not solve my issue. Basically, Dropbox removed an important feature, and it needs to be restored. Unless that happens, I'm done with Dropbox.
- jirwandi3 years agoHelpful | Level 5
I feel exactly the same. Without this feature, I could do backups and syncing with other, cheaper, cloud services.
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