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Seneca M.
New member | Level 1
9 years ago
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Copy public link is not working on dropbox.com

 Hi I've been using that COPY PUBLIC LINK from dropbox.com for years and at first it used to actually copy it to the windows copy buffer as it should.  Over the past couple of months it would pop the...
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    Rich
    9 years ago
    Mohammed L.1 wrote:

    The shortening feature is no longer working.

    The shorten link function has been removed from Dropbox. This has been slowly happening for the last couple of years as the feature was removed from various parts of the service. If you would like to continue to shorten any of your links, you will want to look for services that focus specifically on providing that feature, such as bit.ly or goo.gl.

     

    Oscar Y. wrote:

    I got this problem today and it is not working now. Do you have any idea about what is going on?

    It seems to be working fine here. Try clearing your browser's cache/browsing history and try again, or try another browser.

     

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Mohammed L.1
Explorer | Level 3
9 years ago

Thanks a lot, Alastair G., with respect to your trick below, I think it will not work for screenshots which I need to be viewed inline in 3rd party websites. The way I was used to doing is I generate the public link of an image uploaded to my DB account, and then insert that link in a 3rd party website to be viewed as an image/screenshot inline.

 

Thanks. I am using the DB website to do all this. In Public, neither the share button, nor right click on subject then copy public link, work for me.

The ONLY way I can currently copy and paste to 3rd party web site is if I create a folder within Public and transfer it there. I am dealing with MP3 audio files. If I don't do this, I am shown a screen which tells me I have no authority to share files. I then have to create a link, copy it, then do as KH above suggests:  

 

Moreover, you said that your created a folder within the public and transfer it there. What did you transfer and where did you transfer them?

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