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avebrahimi
New member | Level 2
4 months ago

This package file can only be shared as a link.

Hi Two of my folders have a racket icon and when I try to share them with friends, I receive this error : "This package file can only be shared as a link." There is no shared folder within these fo...
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    avebrahimi
    4 months ago

    Hi Walter 

    They are folder, created in Windows, not Mac package files.
    But I found the problem is there are two dots in folder name, like my.folder.name, this made DropBox suppose folder as package!
    I renamed folder to my_folder_name and now it's fixed.

    Thanks.

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