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pZak1520
New member | Level 2
4 days ago

Quicken shortcut to automatically pause Dropbox, then exit the app.

Quicken doesn't like to share files, so I have to remember to pause dropbox before using it.

I'd like to create a quicken shortcut that automatically pauses dropbox then continues when I exit.

Is there some kind of switch or batch file I could use to accomplish this.

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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
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    4 days ago
    pZak1520 wrote:

    Is there some kind of switch or batch file I could use to accomplish this.

    No. There's no way to programmatcially control the sync status of Dropbox.

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