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jg2599
5 months agoHelpful | Level 5
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...
Orion C.
2 months agoCollaborator | Level 8
By the way, I discovered a partial work around. If you click on the "View on dropbox.com" option, a new browser tab opens showing the dropbox.com version of the folder. That page has an option for requesting files. It's one extra step, and it is clearly such a heavily used option that I really think it should be on the context menu as it was. That said, at least one doesn't have to type the URL, etc.
- Orion C.2 days agoCollaborator | Level 8
I should add that the day after I posted this solution, it was gone from the website. :(
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