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JanH45
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Linking subfolder with Dropbox

Linking subfolder with Dropbox I have a subfolder in Documents, which content I would like to be automatically updated to a subfolder in my Dropbox. (adding and removing documents and updating docu...
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    Jay
    2 years ago

    If you create a shared link with edit access, this makes the folder a shared folder, so users will require a Dropbox account of their own to edit the file.

     

    Currently, it isn't possible to share your system Documents folder with other Dropbox accounts.

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JanH45
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In my previous response I copied the view you have in Dropbox. In the example the view was for a folder that did not have a link included. That's why the last sentence included the wording "There isn’t a link for editing. Create link"

They have added contents, such as photos to the folder.

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2 years ago

If you create a shared link with edit access, this makes the folder a shared folder, so users will require a Dropbox account of their own to edit the file.

 

Currently, it isn't possible to share your system Documents folder with other Dropbox accounts.

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