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Seneca M.
9 years agoNew member | Level 1
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 address as it should but it stopped being able to automatically copy to the copy buffer, but luckily i could still do it myself manually by manually selecting the text and hitting ctrl-c. In the latest build of dropbox.com, it doesn't even list the address to the file anymore and obviously it couldn't copy to the buffer beforehands but now i can't do it manually either! :(
so i can't share any files from dropbox.com right now! :( I've tried in both google chrome and firefox and same issue with both. As for which version of windows i'm running, it's the up to date win10.... Thanks in advance.
-seneca
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.
- SEBASTIAN R.4New member | Level 1
I got a response for a ticket, they don't seem at all interested in dealing with this.
- Mohammed L.1Explorer | Level 3
While coping the public link of an uploaded image via my web-based Dropbox account, I noticed that clicking on 'copy public link..' option doesn't respond at all.
This issue occurred recently. Also, Before this issue, there was another issue which is the generated public link was not shorten when I clicked on 'shorten' button. Why is Dropbox descending in its features.
I have read "I'd suggest installing the latest stable release"
Why do they say so? I don't use the Dropbox desktop app/client at all, and it was not installed on my system.
I am using Windows 10 system - Pablo f.6Helpful | Level 7
they should be needing to hire technicians, 4 days with this problem :(
- Heroquestgame FNew member | Level 2
Same problem here. Please advise as soon as this fault is sorted.
- Bastian T.New member | Level 1
same problem!
- Alastair G.New member | Level 1
Why are we not hearing from Dropbox?
- Heroquestgame FNew member | Level 2
Solved.
Just installed "DropboxPortableAHK" a great piece of software which allows access to dropbox.
- Nancy U.1New member | Level 1
I moved the MP3 file from Public to another folder. In the other folder I found the file and clicked share and then copy link. The link copied and I used it on the website. It's a different format but the file will play on the website.
- Pablo f.6Helpful | Level 7
do not solve :(
- Peter W H.New member | Level 1
I am having the same problem as everyone else. PLEASE Dropbox, fix this as soon as possible !
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