Create multiple consecutively numbered folders

[Angie B.1]

I needed to create 20 or so empty folders ready for users to copy in survey photos and I need to reference them consecutively. I did the simple right click copy paste and noticed that every time I re-pasted a folder it renamed itself with the next number. I was not aware Dropbox could do this and I have never happened before when creating folders. I now need to set up over a 100 empty folders ready for a mailout but I cant seem to make the consecutive numbering work again. Does anyone know what I did differently to make this happen, so that I know in future how to do this save renaming every folder individulally as I have always had to do?

[Mark]

I wasnt aware that Dropbox did this.

Out of interest was it on the old style website? That site allowed right clicking where as this new design doesnt. Unfortunately that means it wont now be possible to do it.

[Angie B.1]

Hi Mark, no it was a couple of days ago on the new Dropbox which I use through my desktop rather than direct through the website. I thought it was perhaps a new feature, how brilliant. But cant seem to make it work again.    

[Mark]

If it was on your desktop then it isnt a Dropbox feature, its something with your OS.

Maybe a google search?

[Angie B.1]

I am unfortunately not that IT savvy to know why this would be different through desktop, but it does not seem to work now, through desktop. I did try a search on google did not find much hence why I thought I may get a quicker response from the Dropbox community. Oh well thank you for responding Mark, will get back to manual folder creating one by one.

[Mark]

Good luck....!

For info it is different via the desktop because Dropbox on your computer is just a folder. Same as all of the other ones. So, anything that happens within those folders etc. is controlled by the operating system (e.g. Windows/OSx etc.). The only difference is that the Dropbox program will monitor the 'Dropbox' folder and upload and download changes to it.

[Rich · Accepted solution]

Dropbox will only add the number to a folder if you copy and paste it on the Dropbox website. It's only adding the number because you're pasting a folder with a name that already exists. The number is appended so as to not overwrite the existing file.

If you try to do this on your computer within the Dropbox folder, the number will not be appended (at least not by Dropbox) because it's not Dropbox that's handling the folder creation; it's your operating system.

[Angie B.1]

Ok thanks Rich I can understand that. It must be a windows "feature", I just wish I knew how I did it as it wont work now. I was just simply doing a continuous right click paste (after the initial click copy) the first & second folders just gave the same number with the words "copy" and "copy copy" respectfully, then 3rd copy it started to change the number consecutively with just "copy" (similar to excel). Never seen that happen in Dropbox before so though it was a new.

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