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Multiple Computer Accounts but Single Dropbox account
I want to have multiple accounts on my PC to allow for different i-Tunes libraries but allow dropbox to sync the same location on the drive. Is this possible?
Ex: c:\dropbox is synced via the same ...
Don't bother to move the installation files, the auto update feature puts each new version in the user profile anyway.
Additionally and more importantly it also uses the user profile location to house its local database of what its up to for that user.
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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. 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.
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".
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WARNING WARNING WARNING > READ THE FOLLOWING
Do 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.
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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.
(this is asking for it tho!)
Don't bother to move the installation files, the auto update feature puts each new version in the user profile anyway.
Additionally and more importantly it also uses the user profile location to house its local database of what its up to for that user.
.
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. 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.
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".
.
WARNING WARNING WARNING > READ THE FOLLOWING
Do 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.
.
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.
(this is asking for it tho!)
There are 6 user accounts on a computer that all need to access the same Dropbox account. Using Windows 10 Pro.
I have installed Dropbox on the primary Admin account.
It is installed to C:\Dropbox
Selective Sync is on. There are 4 folders that were made from the Dropbox.com prior to the installation. They load into my Dropbox folder. Everything looks good/normal.
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. It lets me do this. From this standard user, I added a file to one of the 4 existing folders. I log back onto the Admin account, I see Dropbox sync the file in.
So here is where I am confused. I see where people say turn Selective Sync off for all accounts. I don't see an on/off switch for Selective Sync. I only see where I can uncheck folders. I've unchecked all the folders on all standard accounts. If I uncheck them on the Admin account too, they all disappear from C:\Dropbox and it defeats the purpose of me having anything installed. I see an option to Unlink Account option. Is this what people mean when they say turn Selective Sync off?
This one Dropbox account is accessed on the one computer with its 6 different users + a cellphone. Then there are a few other Dropbox accounts on a few other computers that use those same 4 folders. I can't risk one of my 6 users losing an entire folder worth of work.
Please help me make sure I have the syncing/linking/updating set up so that files will update accordingly but one user won't be fighting another user. I want files to update regardless of which user is logged in. Ideally we don't want to be at the mercy of one specific user having to login for this computer to have up to date Dropbox files.
"Turn off selective sync" just means make sure ALL folders are checked (don't uncheck any folder). Once you are syncing all folders, selective sync is essentially 'off'
