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Anonymous
Oct 30, 2019Can externally share files OK, but not folders
Posting here as MS Support have not come up with a solution. The scenario is tenant wide and is regarding the Share feature in a standard modern document library. Quite simply, for the same externa...
- AnonymousOct 30, 2019
Solved by MS Support.
In my 19 years of hacking SPS for living I have never touched this setting. The solution is to deactivate the "Limited-access user permission lockdown mode" in the root site collection. This allows for the sharing of folders. Don't ask me why......
Andrew Hodges
Oct 30, 2019Bronze Contributor
Hi Deleted ,
What happens if you break the permission inheritance on the folder and then add the user in?
Do you as a SharePoint admin still get this issue if you try and share the folder or is it just users with Contribute/Edit permissions?
Andy