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cb140
New member | Level 2
2 months ago

Error when opening Dropbox shared links

I'm suddenly having issues following links to shared dropbox files, even ones that I created myself.  My team uses basecamp for project management and we store links to shared documents there. I have signed out of both dropbox and basecamp and re-tried the links. I'll see the document for a second and then I get the following error.

I have logged out of both programs, rebooted and logged back in. No one else on my team is having issues.

  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
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    Thanks for bringing this to our attention, cb140.

     

    Do you see the same error, if you open a link from a different browser or an incognito window?

     

    Let me know and we'll go from there.

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      cb140
      New member | Level 2

      Chrome is my default browser. I just pasted the dropbox link into Edge and received the same error.

      • cb140's avatar
        cb140
        New member | Level 2

        Also - I cleared my browser cache as well. I do utilize a VPN but that isn't something new.

         

    • cb140's avatar
      cb140
      New member | Level 2

      Yes, It happens in Edge as well. I cleared my Chrome cache and the problem persisted.

      • Hannah's avatar
        Hannah
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        Would you mind turning your VPN off, to see if that makes any difference?

         

        Just so we cover that as well.

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