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two Dropbox folders on same computer
In reponse to the question, can I have separate Dropbox folders on the same computer (one for me and one for my husband), I was told to go to the page dropbox.com/help/61 If you are not a busines...
The user doesnt need to be logged in, just the dropbox app needs to be running on that user account.
Move the dropbox folders to an accessable area by both users.
Set Dropbox to NOT start on Login.
Create 2 On System Start task to run the dropbox app using the 2 specific user accounts.
Reboot & Login as either user and observe both dropbox syncing.
--above too hard?--
Create a Shortcut in Username1 that has the following line in it...
RUNAS /savecred /user:Username2 "C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\Dropbox.exe"
* Username2 should include its domain if it is one, such as YourDomain\Username2 or AZureAD\Username2 *
Rich
Super User II
Super User IIIt's quite simple actually. Create a new computer user account, log in to the computer as that user, then install Dropbox as you normally would.
You cannot have two separate Dropbox accounts running under a single computer user account unless one of those is a Dropbox for Business account.
You cannot have two separate Dropbox accounts running under a single computer user account unless one of those is a Dropbox for Business account.
Well finally I get it, the "usable" drop box account depends on computer user log in!
My wife & I have two different machines but use each others, back and forth, all the time. I did not log her out then log me in. My one Dropbox account was driving me nuts! It behaved differently when I was on my machine (logged in as me) than when I used it on her machine (logged in a her). I will change our proceedure and try this again. Thanks
Rich wrote:
It's quite simple actually. Create a new computer user account, log in to the computer as that user, then install Dropbox as you normally would.
You cannot have two separate Dropbox accounts running under a single computer user account unless one of those is a Dropbox for Business account.
