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Which Dropbox icon do I need to click on to access my account settings on Windows?
I wish to change some settings. When I click on either the dropbox icon (either right click or left click, I expect to see some dialog box where I can changes settings. Instead I see Windows explorer...
I believe what Hannah meant was that the cache folder can’t be moved on its own to a different location; since it’s a hidden folder within your root Dropbox folder, it can only be moved with it.
To move the Dropbox folder to a different drive altogether, you'll need to follow the steps Hannah listed here.
No, what the link refers to is not there in my system tray.
- Nancy
Dropbox Community Moderator
If you click on the “Other system tray icons” option that appears in one of your latest screenshots, are you able to add the Dropbox icon to your system tray perhaps?
From what I can see, there are no icons showing in your system tray (next to your clock settings) at all, so I believe that’s the issue here.
OK, I now see one problem. I have three monitors on my desktop system. The monitor that is directly in front of my, which is the best monitor on my system, and is the one that I use more than any other is not the monitor Windows 11 sees as the home monitor.
Here is the tray of the monitor in front of me :
And here is the tray of the monitor that Windows 11 thinks is my main monitor:
But I still don't see how to change the dropbox Cache directory location, which is at C:\users\thomehm\dropbox, to my external SSD at f: ? This drive is 4TB which is big enough for full system backup files. And then after storing the backup has completed, I will want to remove the full system backup files from and save them only online at dropbox.
- Hannah
The location of the cache folder cannot be changed, thomehm.
It might be possible to move the Dropbox folder itself to a different location, by following these steps.
Keep in mind that moving the Dropbox folder to an external drive, though, holds some file deletion risks, if the drive gets disconnected or if the Dropbox app starts before the drive is connected to the computer.
