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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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Rich
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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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