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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 laptops desktop (the folder icon on the taskbar) but when I click on it I don´t see my files, just a bunch of what looks like install files and cache.
I´d like to avoid having to download all my files to this new temp laptop for security reasons and also my DB is quite large.
I´d like to have access to the files from Windows Esdplorer and also when working with MS Word and Excel to be able to retireve and save the
docs or spredsheets to the DB Cloud. There is a beta for adding DB to MS Word but you have to get an invite.
On-balance it would be ideal if I could somehow link to the DB files in the cloud via some kind of link or shortcut in Windows Explorer?
Thanks,
-Marc
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- Walter
Dropbox Community Moderator
Any of the folders shown on your screenshot, Marc. A small one would do the trick to test things out.
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??
