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ll9956
6 months agoNew member | Level 2
Why was I redirected from a link given to me, to my own Dropbox account?
I was given a link to a dropbox account owned by a public-supported radio station I am associated with. When I clicked on this link, I was shunted to my own dropbox account. How did this happen? H...
Rich
6 months agoSuper User II
ll9956 wrote:
When I clicked on this link, I was shunted to my own dropbox account. How did this happen? How can I prevent this from happening?
What does the link look like? Post it here but change a few characters so it's invalid.
- ll99566 months agoNew member | Level 2
- Rich6 months agoSuper User II
ll9956 wrote:
https://www.dropbox.com/home/XXXX%20HD-1%20Radio/XXXX%20NEW%20MUSIC/Folk
That's not a valid link. All they did was copy the URL from the address bar in their browser. It will only work for the owner of that account/file. They need to create a shared link.
- ll99566 months agoNew member | Level 2
Thank you! I sent your message to the folks who supplied that link. I will let you know their response.
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