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Peter C.3
10 years agoNew member | Level 1
Mapping Dropbox to network drive in Windows 7
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 t...
- 10 years ago
No, it can't. The normal Dropbox client does not work the same as the mobile clients, and there's no way to map a virtual drive or folder to your Dropbox account.
If you're running Windows 8 or 10, you can install the Dropbox app from the Microsoft Store, which is a mobile client. Just know that you will not be able to access any files while offline (unless they are marked as a favorite/available offline).
Brett G.2
New member | Level 1
I bought a new laptop with a smaller HD because I thought I would be able to do this too. I appreciate Dropbox automagically syncing files between my PCs - which have plenty of hard drive space to spare, but my laptop does not have this luxury.
I don't want to use selective sync because that will only allow me to view the specific folders/files.
Most simply stated, can Dropbox on my laptop act the same as Dropbox on my phone or tablet?
houdyk
8 years agoNew member | Level 2
I expected the same fucntionality to be available now out of the box. All new laptops basically have mo more disk space,so all need to be in the cloud.
I could set up onedrive and other services as a mapped drive relatively easy, but dropbox is still pending.
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