Dropbox files in another location to norm

Question

I use dropbox and very happy with it.

The only drawback I have with it is that I must place the files I want to share in the My Dropbox folder.

Is there anyway I can place the files in another folder on my PC and automatically sync between dropbox folder and another folder on my local pc?

Answer 1

You can use a symlink to 'mirror' the contents of one folder with your Dropbox.

Open a command prompt or terminal. On Windows (I think starting from XP) you can use the command mklink.exe to achieve this, on Linux systems you can use the command ln -s. I'm not familiar with the commandline arguments by mind but you can look up the syntax with mklink.exe /? or man ln, or use Google. :P

You can also move the Dropbox folder to a different location in the settings but you will not be able to rename My Dropbox.

Answer 2

It is possible, but it requires that you have a filesystem in NTFS format. You'll need an external tool, Link Shell Extension to make links and drop it as junctions.

So the steps are:

• Install Link Shell Extension
• Browse to any folder you’d like to link with My Dropbox. Right click on the folder and select Pick Link Source.
• Goto the location where My Dropbox is and right click it and select Drop As.. => Junction.
• Thats it. Now open My Dropbox and you'll see that there's a new folder named Junction to, click it and you'll see the exact copy of the files/folders you had in the source location. Now just keep working on those folders and they’ll keep syncing to your Dropbox.

Answer 3

this can help u http://lifehacker.com/5533427/dropbox-folder-sync-adds-any-folder-to-dropbox-with-a-right+click

also see this