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LZ
Explorer | Level 3
9 years ago

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...
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    Server_Align
    7 years ago

    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 *

     

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Rich
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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.
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DavidJohnson
New member | Level 2
7 years ago

"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 ?

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    Server_Align
    Collaborator | Level 10
    7 years ago

     

    @DavidJohnson re "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 ?"
     
     
     
     
     
     
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