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JChristine
Helpful | Level 6
9 months ago

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. 

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  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    9 months ago

    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's avatar
    Walter
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    9 months ago

    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. 

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      JChristine
      Helpful | Level 6
      9 months ago

      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's avatar
        Hannah
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        9 months ago

        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?

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