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change my dropbox folder name on my PC
I have my dropbox folder in the D drive of my computer. For some reason, the dropbox folder is not named "D:\Dropbox", but "D:\Dropbox (Elliotfan)" with my account name together. Does anybody know ho...
Hi Emilio,
I can only confirm what Rich already pointed out.
Dropbox for Business will allow you to access both your personal Dropbox and your work Dropbox from the same computer. To help signify which Dropbox folder is connected to which account, we've chosen to rename the business Dropbox to "Dropbox (business name)." Currently, there is not a way to change the name of this folder back to just "Dropbox".
By default, we place a hidden symlink from Dropbox to the new Dropbox (team name), so you may find that your applications can continue working by accessing this symlink.
However, if this does not work for you, and if you are comfortable creating symbolic links on your machine, there is a workaround that may help you. Please note that this workaround is not supported by our support team, so if you are unable to set up this environment, I'd recommend that instead of using this workaround, you move any files needed by your affected application out of your Dropbox folder instead.
If outside code sources don't cooperate with the space character or parenthesis character, the simplest workaround would be the following:
- pause Dropbox
- remove the hidden symlink at Dropbox
- Rename the "Dropbox (team name)" folder to Dropbox
- Place a symlink at "Dropbox (team name)" that points to "Dropbox"
- Resume syncingThis will allow Dropbox to continue accessing the content through the symlink, and it will allow any external code to use the "Dropbox" folder pathname that doesn't include the additional characters in the path.
I hope this helps!
Rich
Super User II
Super User IISolved doesn't necessarily mean that the concern has been solved to everyone's satisfaction. It's also used as a way to pin the most relevant reply, in this case, from a Dropboxer, to the top of the page for everyone to see.
This problem isn't solved. Its not a bug - its a fundamental design flaw.
Inability to rename folder -> problem for developers and many others.
This thread is long and old enough to show that many Business customers don't just want, but require this feature. Bottom line still exists - DropBox is unusable for my business and many others.
I don't fault any single developer working on DropBox, it is a generally great product. But not realizing spaces and special characters break build paths when the collective development leads came up with this naming plan... there is absolutely no excuse for that. None.
- Zed
Dropbox Staff
Hello everybody,
Your feedback on the topic is very much appreciated and we monitor threads like this closely.
Technically speaking, in terms of forum practices, this specific thread can be considered Solved as the answer to the question has been provided.
If you have some extra time, please go to the Idea Section here:
https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox/idb-p/101002013
and create a thread so people can vote on it. Be sure though that I will make sure your comments are passed on to the developers.
Thank you all for taking the time to discuss this!
- Marking this solved and closing and referring to a seperate link is a cop out.
Saying an undocumented symlink hack is a solution is not a solution. This thread was closed prematurely because it is disruptive, and DropBox knows it but can't effectively do anything about it ( And i do sympathize with the complexities in core architecture ).
Understand just doing your job.
This week I am making it a priority to move everything off DropBox. Nothing personal. Its just business.
Still, marking this solved when it isn't is the straw that broke the camel's back.
I hope to move back onto DropBox in the future, your customer support is A+++ and always a pleasue, but this issue is very real, absolutely NOT solved.- Rich
Justin M.34 wrote:
Still, marking this solved when it isn't is the straw that broke the camel's back.As I stated previously...
Solved doesn't necessarily mean that the concern has been solved to everyone's satisfaction. It's also used as a way to pin the most relevant reply, in this case, from a Dropboxer, to the top of the page for everyone to see.
There is no other method to pin a reply to the top of a thread. Marking a reply as the solution is the only way to pin a reply. It does not necessarily mean that the issue has been resolved.
