[SOLVED] Putting RewriteEngine On in subdir .htaccess file disables rewrites regarding this subdir specified in root .htaccess

Issue I have working rewrite rule in /.htaccess file: RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/wp-content/uploads/sites/[0-9]+/xxx_uploads/ [NC] RewriteRule wp-content/uploads/sites/[0-9]+/xxx_uploads/(.*) wp-content/files.php?file=xxx_uploads/$1 [R=302,L] which disallows unauthorized users viewing files in specific directories. It works as long as there is nothing in /wp-content/uploads/.htaccess If I put at

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