Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Dropbox Shareable Links and Missing Public Folder

Issue: New Dropbox user doesn't have a link for 'Get shareable link' and doesn't have the default folders.
Solution: 
  1. Shareable link - visit https://www.dropbox.com/enable_shmodel - to enable that feature.
  2. Folders - create a new folder on the website called folder1, then rename it to public. Dropbox will handle the rest.  Works for the Photos folder as well.
at 6:07 PM

7 comments:

  1. JamagawaMay 12, 2012 at 4:52 AM

    I hid both my Dropbox Public Folder and the Photo folder.
    I would like to restore them, how do I go about it.

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    1. Jeff KykerMay 16, 2012 at 5:27 PM

      Did you Try Step 2? Are you saying you Deleted them or hid them? Do you see them when you log into the dropbox.com website?

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  2. UnknownNovember 14, 2012 at 11:34 AM

    hello,
    even when i set a folder1 and rename it to public its semms not to be a reguler public with the globe pic ?
    thanks

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    1. Jeff KykerNovember 16, 2012 at 1:43 PM

      Did you do this locally or on the Dropbox website at the root of the folder?

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  3. FrankNovember 19, 2012 at 8:02 PM

    This doesn't seem to work =/

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  4. UnknownNovember 29, 2012 at 1:10 AM

    Step #2 only applies to user that created account before AUGUST 2012.

    New user creating account AFTER August 2012 have to enable them manually via http://www.dropbox.com/enable_public_folder

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    1. ScherzandoMarch 9, 2013 at 12:11 AM

      Thanks! Was wondering why the instructions above weren't working, haha.

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