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Forum Discussion
List files in folder, keep them online
I want to see the files that exist in a folder, but I want to keep them only online.
Details:
* WIN-10, running a non-admin Dropbox account (office policy).
wwsande wrote:
So I tried to install Dropbox skipping the authentication as admin ... how can I use Dropbox in this situation, showing all files in a folder, but setting some to be stored online only.
You likely won't be able to. In order for Dropbox to add the context menu items, it needs admin access during installation. If you skipped that, there's no way for the context menu items to be added to the system, and without them, there's no way to control the online/offline status of a file.
Thanks for the answer, Rich. I do it in my personal computer. But, when using my office computer, when I choose the folders I want to sync locally, all the files of the selected folders are downloaded, and this option doesn't appear to me when I right click the file. I think it's because I'm not allowed to run Dropbox in admin mode in my computer (office IT policies).
- Rich
Super User II
wwsande wrote:
But, when using my office computer, when I choose the folders I want to sync locally, all the files of the selected folders are downloaded, and this option doesn't appear to me when I right click the file.
You don't need to run Dropbox as an admin. Dropbox will prompt for admin credentials if needed, typically during installation, but after that Dropbox will run fine without being run as an admin.
Are you part of a Business team? If so, your team admin may not have enabled the feature for the team. Do you have any of the Dropbox options available when you right-click a file or folder? Can you show a screenshot of your context (right-click) menu?
