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thomehm
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11 months ago
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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...
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  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
    11 months ago

    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.

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Hannah
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11 months ago

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.

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thomehm
New member | Level 1
11 months ago

But the files that I want to upload to Dropbox total over 1 TB, because they are my computer image.  This is more than the space available in the Dropbox Cache folder, even more than is available on the entire C: drive.  How can I upload such large files to dropbox.  If I break it all up to small enough files to upload individually, it seems that this would be very laborious.  I would like it to be at least semi automatic.

 

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    Hannah
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    11 months ago

    I understand where you're coming from, thomehm.

    You could sync your files in batches, switch each batch to online-only to free up space and then move on to the next batch.

    And moving the Dropbox folder to an external drive is possible, I just wanted to note the risks that come with it, basically. 

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