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Workaround to use Windows shortcuts on iOS?
Is there a way to get DropBox on iOS to follow Windows shortcut links to another DropBox file in another folder on DropBox? I am a musician and have a very large number of Word song files in on...
- That's not possible with Dropbox and I know of no workaround that would make it possible. Remember that Dropbox on mobile devices does not sync files like it does on your computer. It just shows you a lit of the files in your account and downloads them to the device as you access them. Links, shortcuts, etc. will not work.
- Hi TomMunch,
You could create a .url file with the shared link of the file. It wouldn't be the same thing but you would be able to navigate to the original file from another folder. Search for "URL File Extension" to see how to create one. Other files we support in this way are webloc (Apple thing) and website files. When you open these types of files in Dropbox iOS, we show a link to the url, and if you tap a shared link to a file in your Dropbox account we open that file directly.
The gotcha with this potential work-around is once you create a shared link, it is possible for other people to access the file if they somehow get the link as well. If you're on a business account you can change permissions to prevent this though.
Again, this is a super janky work-around. I can't comment on whether shortcuts is something we want to support but I will ask around for you.
Rich
Super User II
Super User IIThat's not possible with Dropbox and I know of no workaround that would make it possible. Remember that Dropbox on mobile devices does not sync files like it does on your computer. It just shows you a lit of the files in your account and downloads them to the device as you access them. Links, shortcuts, etc. will not work.
I know it's not possible currently with DropBox. It would not seem that difficult though if the shortcut destination is in the link description to point to the file on DropBox. I'll keep looking for a workaround.
