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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 *
The text about how to proceed when you want two dropboxaccounts on one computer is incomprehensible
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.
- Good grief! This is about the most absurd thing I've ever heard of. Why one can't have multiple dropbox accounts to log into without completely switching user accounts is beyond me. I don't know of a single other app that requires that.
If one could add new dropbox folders to the same computer profile, don't you think they would just create new dropbox instances, instead of needing to upgrade in order to get more space?
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.So how do I get both Dropbox folders on my one login; aka a personal one and a company one (Business)...
Thanks
- Rich
You have to connect your personal and Business accounts first, then you can have both syncing to the same computer.
"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."
I did this and it worked just as described. My wife and I have separate Dropbox storage under different user accounts on the same device and the files are synced. Now I would like to uninstall dropbox on my wife's user account (duplicate files taking too much space) and delete the duplicate files which are stored under her user account on the same device without the files under my account being deleted. How do I accomplish this ?
"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." I did this. Now I want to undo it. How do I accomplich that ?
