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legacyblade
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7 years ago
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Open a folder in dropboc desktop app via external application

Hey everyone,

I'm trying to adapt a C# winform tool we use at my office to use the new dropbox desktop app.  The app searches our client folders and opens a folder in windows explorer. (The exact command is)

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(path)


Does anyone have suggestions on how to make this app open a folder in the dropbox desktop app instead?

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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    7 years ago

    Dropbox doesn't offer an interface for interacting with the new Dropbox desktop app like this, such as to open a specific folder in it, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though. 

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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    7 years ago

    Dropbox doesn't offer an interface for interacting with the new Dropbox desktop app like this, such as to open a specific folder in it, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though. 

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