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Can new files in a network folder automatically update and sync to other devices with Dropbox?

Can new files in a network folder automatically update and sync to other devices with Dropbox?

Mark_Royle
Explorer | Level 3

We are trying to update a DropBox folder with any new files that appear in a Network Folder.

From the Website we have uploaded the file location and it has created a new folder in the Drop Box location.

 

Really what we want to happen is that When a file/doc is put into the Network folder it will then Synchronise with Drop Box for then access on another device.

The file will be put into the Network location by an application and is a fixed location, we have no control over the network location.

 

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Rich
Super User II

@Mark_Royle wrote:

Really what we want to happen is that When a file/doc is put into the Network folder it will then Synchronise with Drop Box for then access on another device.


Dropbox doesn't do that. It will only sync the files located in the Dropbox folder. It can't sync files from other locations, like your network folder.

 

You'd need to use another utility to copy the file from your network folder to the Dropbox folder. If you're on Windows, Microsoft's SyncToy might accomplish that for you.

Mark_Royle
Explorer | Level 3

Thanks apart from Synch Toy no longer seems to be available

 

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