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JW19
Explorer | Level 3
8 months ago

Recipient of shared link is being requested to log into Dropbox account

Hi I am trying to share a DropBox link to a folder containing photos, from my MAC (using Monterey OS). I am using the Browser version of DropBox. No matter what I try to do the email recipient of t...
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JW19
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Who has access is set to 'people who are invited'

What people can do is set to 'can view'. I will change the access to 'people with link' and keep the 'can view' and see what happens.  Will let you know. Thanks.

 

 

 

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JW19
Explorer | Level 3
8 months ago

That worked on my test folder!!!!!  I will now try with my original folder of photos.

Anything to worry about with a preexisting folder??

 

Thanks a bunch!!!!!

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    Rich
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    8 months ago
    JW19 wrote:

    Anything to worry about with a preexisting folder??

    Delete any existing link and recreate it, or go into the Sharing settings for the folder and specifically create a Can View link. There are separate tabs for View and Edit.

     

     

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    JW19
    Explorer | Level 3
    8 months ago

    Rich,

    I blew away the original link and made a new one with the setting you suggested and it WORKED!!!  thanks for help and great job!!!!

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