Dropbox backup info

[superdave_x]

Hi, if I set up my desktop backup to Dropbox, will it also backup shortcut/alias folders? And all that they have inside them?

[Walter · Accepted solution]

Hi @superdave_x; thanks for posting on our Community!

To directly get to the chase, you'll be able to back-up shortcuts/aliases to Dropbox, but those will be mere shortcuts to the locations they point to and they'll probably work only on the machine you created them on.

For context, you can have symlinks that link to items both in and outside of your Dropbox account; however, these two types of symlinks sync differently.

• If you create a symlink that links to an item in your Dropbox account, we’ll sync the the symlink file at its location and the item that it links to at its location respectively
• If you create a symlink that links to an item outside of your Dropbox account, when you sign in to dropbox.com you’ll only see the symlink file but not the content it links to.

I hope this helps, Dave!