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Hi there,

I use box.com for uploading and storing Program’s Self-Study Guides and Site Visitor Templates (stored within a sub-folder). When I share the folders with Site Visitors, I share the entire Program’s box folder using the share link. Sometimes I have difficulties so I just add the person as a co-owner. I’ve had the issue before today, but I have a site visitor who created a free account. When she logins and views the folder, the sub-folder of Site Visitors Templates is grey and when she clicks on the Self-Study Guide PDF, it just shows the PDF page that she can’t view it and needs to download it. It is also doing the same thing for all other PDFs in the folder and sub-folder. I made her a co-owner and is still having this issue. 

 

I had her log out of the account, and once she did the folder was no longer grey but she still couldn’t get the Self-Study Guide to open or download. Again, doing the same thing for all other PDFs in the folder and sub-folder. I’ve reviewed all of her permissions and everything seems go to go. She has tried on three different laptops and no difference. Any suggestions on what else I can recommend her to do?

 

Thank you,
Shay

To add, she did update her browser and clear browsing history, and still not working.


 👋 Hi ​@shayannna, welcome to the Box Community!

 

To determine whether this is a browser/tool-related issue and to help isolate the problem, could you please provide the following information:

  • What browser is she currently using? Please note that Box’s supported browsers and versions can be found in this article: Understand the Box Policy For Browser And OS Support.

  • Is this behavior consistent across all browsers and networks?

  • Has she tried accessing Box in Incognito mode and opening the PDF?

  • Is the issue limited to PDFs, or is she experiencing problems with other file types as well?

 

Additionally, please try the following preliminary troubleshooting steps:

 

If she continues to experience the issue, please feel free to reply so we can escalate it to our Product Support team. 😊


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