![]() ![]() ![]() I then installed Dropbox on a standard user account, as I go through setup, in advanced options, I changed the install location to C:\ (so it uses the same C:\Dropbox location) and turned Selective Sync off on the 4 individual folders. There are 4 folders that were made from the prior to the installation. I have installed Dropbox on the primary Admin account. There are 6 user accounts on a computer that all need to access the same Dropbox account. Have you actually done this? Or do you know of another way to accomplish this? So I don't think you can do what you suggest. But I can't "move" the 2nd user's Dropbox (files) location out from underneath their profile to the same common (C:\Dropbox) location, because Dropbox says that the C: folder already contains a Dropbox folder and refuses to point the 2nd user's Dropbox (files) location to the common folder. And I managed to move one of the user's Dropbox (files) location out from underneath their profile to a common (C:\Dropbox) location. I did manage to move the Dropbox programs to a common location (under Program Files) and re-point the shortcuts to the new common location. And there seems to be no way to modify these behaviors when installing the Dropbox application. I noticed that in addition to creating the Dropbox folder under each user's profile, it also created separate "program" locations for each user (again under each of their profiles). I'm trying to do the same thing (have a common Dropbox location on the PC for multiple users). If you must use it then COPY the folders out of Dropbox first, unsync them, then MOVE the copy back in (it wont sync on that account now), then go to the second account (which wont see them as gone since you moved them back in) and then unsycn them from that one as well. WARNING WARNING WARNING > READ THE FOLLOWINGĭo NOT use selective sync on either of the machine accounts, the other account doesnt know what you are doing, so if you selectively sync a folder out of dropbox with account 1 when account 2 starts up, it thinks the folder has been erased, and syncs that erase into the cloud. ![]() It will tell you all types of wonderfull things about what its up to, but it will really just index the files it found and compare them to the cloud copies, find they are the same and eventually say "UP TO DATE". Go back to the C:\DROPBOX folder (which might have a few files in it by now) and REMOVE the folder, then rename C:\DROPBOX-OMGWHYDOIHAVETODOTHIS! to C:\DROPBOX, then start the DB app up again. On the local DROPBOX folder, This can be migrated to a common location for multiple user accounts, you are only facing a "your dumb Im cleaver prompt", once you have the folder at C:\DROPBOX (example) on the 1st account, shut that account down, and proceed to the 2nd account, RENAME the C:\DROPBOX folder to C:\DROPBOX-OMGWHYDOIHAVETODOTHIS! and then point the 2nd user accoutn DB app to use C:\DROPBOX, and then once established, SHUT IT DOWN. Questions? Contact the ITS Service Center for additional assistance.Don't bother to move the installation files, the auto update feature puts each new version in the user profile anyway.Īdditionally and more importantly it also uses the user profile location to house its local database of what its up to for that user. If the above steps do not resolve the issue, you should try uninstalling and re-installing the Dropbox app. Note: These limitations are in place because computers will not allow file/folder names to include some symbols or special characters in their names. You will need to remove any characters/symbols from the folder name. Refer to the instructions under "Choose which folders to store on your hard drive " in Article ID: 3069.Ĭheck if the folder(s) has any special characters or symbols in the name - : \ / : * ? " |- as they are unable to be shown within Mac Finder/Windows File Explorer. Refer to Article ID: 6543 for more information on how to verify this.Įnsure the missing folder(s) is selected in the "Selective Sync" preferences on your computer. Verify that you have added the Dropbox shared folder to your U-M Dropbox account. Refer to Article ID: 2940 for steps on linking your U-M Dropbox account to the desktop app. If not, then you will need to sign in and link your U-M Dropbox account. Resolutionįollow the troubleshooting steps below to figure out why you may not be seeing all of your Dropbox folders in your local file directory:Įnsure that you are signed in to the desktop app using your U-M Dropbox account. Some of my folders that are available on Dropbox on the web are not showing up in the Dropbox desktop app (i.e., in the file directory, Mac Finder or Windows File Explorer). ![]()
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