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Sharing a Link & Edit Syncing
I have been working on a power point document saved to my dropbox - when I click the "copy path" link and share - no one can open because it's picking up my C drive. I'm also concerned that changes aren't accurately being tracked - it's impossible to work out of the browser and have access to all of the same features and functionality. Is the only way to share a file link is to pull directly from my dropbox in the browser? This is beyond frustrating and becoming dangerous respective to syncing. Please help - I'm very close to shutting down my DB account after over 10 years of paying for it - but these are becoming HUGE issues for me. My thanks in advance.
Hey JChristine, sorry to jump in.
To create and share a link with edit permissions through Dropbox, you'll need to follow these steps.
Can you try and let me know if it worked?
- Walter
Dropbox Staff
Hey there JChristine - sorry to hear you're having issues with this.
Could you let me know the exact steps you take to do this and send us a screenshot of the exact error your shared link is giving as well?
This will help us assist further.
Thanks for the quick reply. Please see the attached - I'm grabbing the link from "Copy path" not copy local path. I've sent it to 2 people using this method and neither could open as it was attached to my C Drive. I had to go to the drop box browser (as I've done for the attached link) - find the document and grab the link from there. But this triggers the other concern - We're all working on this document together - so I'm worried that changes aren't being captured. I know I have lost changes if a crash occurs - even though it should be syncing. https://www.dropbox.com/home/MWiley# My thanks for the help - I'm hoping something isn't syncing correctly.
- Hannah
Hey JChristine, sorry to jump in.
To create and share a link with edit permissions through Dropbox, you'll need to follow these steps.
Can you try and let me know if it worked?
