You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.
Forum Discussion
Bring back File Request option in File Explorer.
I used to be able to initiate a "Request Files" by right clicking on the file I wanted the documents to go into. This is more efficient that having to go to the web version, as I 99.9% work out of t...
Megan
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHey jg2599, let's jump right into this!
Would you be able to confirm the OS you're using along with the version of the app you're using on your end?
I'd also love a screenshot of the content menu that you see when you right click on a file inside your Dropbox folder, in order for me to have a visual too.
Keep me posted, and we'll take it from there!
Windows 10 Pro.
Dropbox v206.4.6506
I discussed this with Dropbox chat earlier today, They said this feature is no longer available in the right click menu and I have to use the web version to request files.
- Rich
Super User II
jg2599 wrote:
I discussed this with Dropbox chat earlier today, They said this feature is no longer available in the right click menu and I have to use the web version to request files.
That's interesting. I'm on the latest Beta release (207.3.5664, released yesterday) and the option is still there for me. Have you reinstalled the app yet?
Has anyone confirmed it worked to reinstall the app? This sounds like a huge pain to have to do this to get a feature which was already there. So Dumb Dropbox!!
