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Thank you SO much, Nancy, for your rapid and lucid reply! Now I understand why my QR code no longer works; the link you helpfully provided shows that the feature has been removed by Dropbox. It's curious to me that Sam's email was posted 2/2/2024, since I'm quite sure I obtained the QR code sometime in 2025. Oh, well, I…
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Rich/Nancy/Jay: Solved! By uploading my files to Onedrive instead of Dropbox! Onedrive's link works both when pasted into the URL window AND when added as a hyperlink to a word in MS Word 2016. Thanks to all for your perseverance! Best regards, Dave
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Rich--- forgot to mention that I had the same failure even after re-booting (which I thought might be necessary, the registry having been changed). Dave
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Thanks for the hint, Rich! I followed the instructions in that link, except I used "ForceShellExecute" as the registry value instead of "Value Name: ForceShellExecute" (which is how the instructions read). However, although the Dropbox link works fine in the URL window, it still fails when put as a link in a Word doc.…
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Once again, I don't see the reply I sent you yesterday. Sighhh-h-h..... So let's say that MS Word is the problem for that particular file. But why would the other two dozen links in the same file work just fine? I tried pasting the link into a new browser window and the file displays perfectly, but when I paste it into…
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Thanks, Nancy!!!
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Since I don't see the reply I entered earlier, the answer to your question is Yes, the link works when pasted into Chrome's URL window; and Office 2016 Word. Thanks!! Dave
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If memory serves, I uploaded the files by using Dropbox's button. If I sign into my Dropbox account, I can see only three files, one of which I uploaded today (the one whose link--gotten when I click "share"--still doesn't work. When I Ctrl+Click the link (in a Word doc) I get this error message: Don't know if that will be…
