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marcok
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Windows quick search access to Dropbox files in the cloud

Hi so I´ve got a temporary laptop while my current one is being fixed. Loaded the DB app and told it to leave all my files in the cloud. The app did but a Dropbox icon in Windows Explorer on my new ...
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Walter's avatar
Walter
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2 years ago

Have you tried syncing a sample folder from this window to see how it goes, Marc?

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marcok
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Hi-sorry don´t understand- what "sample folder" are you speaking of?

 

 

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
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    2 years ago

    Any of the folders shown on your screenshot, Marc. A small one would do the trick to test things out. 

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    marcok
    Explorer | Level 3
    2 years ago

    Hi and thanks- and ok I did that with my "screenshots" and it has the expected behavior: I can see it now in my Wondows Explorer list of file but it has the green check mark which means its now living on my laptop which is what I didn´t want. Of course I can right click on it and choose the Dropbox option to "make on-line" only. That´s fine for a single folder but I don´t want to have to manuall do that for each and ever folder I have- that would be very time consuming .

     

    It seems that´s the only way though? The install procedue does not allow me to have both the files living on dropbox.com and also appear in Windows explorer without doing this manual process for each one after the install take a tone of time to put all my folders on the harddrive??

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    Jay
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    2 years ago

    Hi marcok, do you see this option in the Dropbox desktop application for new files syncing from the site to be marked as online-only?

     

    Have you tried selecting all the folders in the selective sync window, and then marking the Dropbox folder itself as online-only?

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