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mapping my dropbox as a network drive and not store locally
Hi I would like to save my visual studio projects on dropbox but not on my local computer. I would like to map it as a network drive. I don't believe selective sync is going to work for this. So I...
Robert S.
Super User alumni
Super User alumniIn fairness, there is the whole thing about it not working like a cloud drive, because it isn't one.
File synchronisation is what DB is all about, they've not to my knowledge ever shown the slightest interest in transitioning their product to a cloud drive model.
In any case, Dropbox would need a deeper level of filesystem integration than Microsoft currently allow. MS themselves use a closed API for this on their OneDrive product and by all accounts even that's mostly broken on Windows10.
... woeful performance ... I wish Dropbox could do it ...
Now that's a different thread entirely... ;)
