How to manage multiple Dropbox accounts on the same computer

Multiple dropbox accounts directly placed on the c drive on a windows machine.

I have 3 users on my computer and each one needs to have their dropbox placed in the c drive to work together with others in the same file in Revit.

This request is a bit vague to me, but maybe I can help.  If you have one computer with three users, then only one person can use the computer and Revit files at one time.  Unless other computers are working concurrently, then no two users will be writing to the fileset at the same time.   While I have limited experience with Revit, I have used SolidWorks for 21 years.  SolidWorks will always look in the local directory first when looking for file references.  This is helpful when opening assemblies across shared dropbox folders.  It works very well.  The problem is with linked library files, but these can be linked to external locations.

I see two opposing requests here.

1. You need three separate dropbox accounts to see (use) a single folder on the same computer (on your C: drive).  While I have done this, it is a bit unstable and I wouldn't recommend it.  Don't point separate dropbox accounts to the same Dropbox folder.  Use a shared folder across the three dropbox accounts.  This works for SolidWorks as long as two users don't overlap a write to the same file.  Even without using a vault, SolidWorks will allow files to be locked or released.

2. You need a common drive letter for Revit's data folder.  I assume each user has a unique Windows login.   It's possible to MAP a drive letter to a folder.  Consider setting the Revit folder to something like M: instead of C:.  Then have each user map the folder address to M:.  Each should be unique and Rev-It shouldn't see the difference.

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3. Use an external sync program like Goodsync to scan a folder for changes and mirror those changes to another folder.  This can be single or bidirectional mirroring.  I've used this with multiple dropbox accounts to sync files across multiple servers.  It seems duplicitous but works very well.  Goodsync would scan for changes and make it all work.  Crazy, but solid.

Best of luck.

Hey PaulFay, thanks for joining our Community.

I understand it can be difficult to use the Dropbox desktop app with multiple Dropbox accounts.

However, the only way to have two Dropbox accounts on the same computer, without having to log out and back in, is if one of your accounts is a Dropbox Business one.

Currently, one Dropbox Business and one individual (Basic, Plus or Professional) account can be linked together on the Dropbox app.

A workaround would be to install Dropbox and sign in to the second account on a different user account on the computer.

Let me know if you have any questions.

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PaulFay wrote:
Two of the accounts are Dropbox business, and one is personal. Is there no way to link all three?

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No, there isn't. You can link one personal and one Business. That's it.

I have several dropbox accounts. One that is shared with me, one personal one and one used for work. I downloaded the Dropbox app, on my new computer, but only the shared one will show. I cannot figure out how to download and access the other two accounts on my new computer.

The simplest way to do it is to create shared folders to the main account you want to keep: www.dropbox.com/share 🙂

https://help.dropbox.com/share/shared-folder-faq