Mapping Dropbox to network drive in Windows 7

[Peter C.3]

I want to map Dropbox to a network drive and link to my Dropbox in the cloud versus the Dropbox on my computer. I want to conserve my hard drive space and access, open, and save files to my Dropbox through my network drive. I can do this with other cloud-based storage systems. Can I do this with Dropbox?

[cool21]

yeah , I want this too

[Stuart L.9]

Ihave a large dropbox and a small laptop ssd. This is what i do:

If you have an old pc at home, install dropbox on it then share the dropbox folder on the networkusing windows file sharing. From your laptop make a network drive mapping to this folder.

On the laptop you dont even need dropbox installed for home use. If you need access to dropbox files while away from home use selective sync on the laptop to grab the required files. If you do the sync while you are on your home lan dropbox will use the lan sync function and sync directly between the server and your laptop.

Not sure if it meets your needs - but it might be useful for someone reading this thread. I use mac now but it worked with pcs also

[elixier22]

yes there is, expandrive will do what you ask

[kchristianson]

I've successfully had an IT department be able to gain access to files on a network drive that was also managed in Dropbox to add and write data to a spreadsheet. How was that accomplished if Dropbox cannot be mapped to a network drive?

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