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Question on Organizing Between Desktop and Dropbox
Hi, I seem to remember that years ago, instead of moving actual files/folders from my PC to Dropbox, I simply added pointers to those files/folders in Dropbox. That way, I didn't have to have two co...
Rich
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Super User II
SusieSarasota wrote:
... instead of moving actual files/folders from my PC to Dropbox, I simply added pointers to those files/folders in Dropbox.
That's not how Dropbox works. In order for your files to sync to Dropbox you've always had to copy or move them to the Dropbox folder on your local drive. There was a point where Dropbox worked with symlinks, which allowed it to sync files outside of the Dropbox folder, but it was not supported officially and that ability ended years ago.
I have created a filing system under My Documents ... However, I would like to also have it accessible through Dropbox ...
The only way to do this is to copy or move the files to the Dropbox folder. Dropbox is meant to replace folders such as My Documents. The idea is that you MOVE your files into the local Dropbox folder and work on them from there.
If you insist on continuing to use the Documents folder, Windows has a mechanism to relocate key folders, such as Documents, to a location of your choosing. You could always move the entire folder into the Dropbox folder. That link is for Windows 10, but the process is just about the same in Windows 11.
Personally, as soon as I had Dropbox running I abandoned the use of my Documents folder. The files are still local to my computer and they sync to Dropbox so they're accessible anywhere.
