![]() ![]() If you have Dropbox set up on multiple PCs, you’ll find your Stuff folder in the Dropbox folder. You’ve moved it to your cloud storage folder, so you can access it under “Stuff” in your Dropbox folder and on the web. For example, let’s say you have a C:\Stuff directory. You can use this trick to synchronize folders outside your cloud storage folder, too. ![]() Ln -s “/Users/name/Google Drive/ExternalFolder” “/path/to/ExternalFolder” Mv “/path/to/ExternalFolder” “/Users/name/Google Drive/” This command will move the entire folder to your cloud storage folder. In the first command, replace “C:\Path\To\ExternalFolder” with the path to the folder you want to sync and “C:\Users\NAME\Dropbox” with the path to your cloud storage folder. Type the following commands into the Command Prompt window. On Windows 7, open the Start menu, perform a search for Command Prompt, right-click the Command Prompt shortcut, and select Run as Administrator. On Windows 8 or 10, press Windows Key X and click Command Prompt (Admin). RELATED: The Complete Guide to Creating Symbolic Links (aka Symlinks) on Windows Windowsįirst, open a Command Prompt window as Administrator. We first covered this solution when we looked at how to synchronize any folder with OneDrive on Windows 8.1. Dropbox would synchronize the files in the folder and the programs that need the folder at C:\Stuff would function normally. We’d then create a symbolic link at C:\Stuff pointing to the Dropbox\Stuff folder. In our example, we’d move the entire C:\Stuff folder to Dropbox’s folder. We can still use symbolic links in reverse, though. In practice, many cloud storage services no longer work properly with symbolic links.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |