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cdordelly
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Context menu doesn't appear on mapped drive

Hello,    I noticed if I map the main root Dropbox folder as a disk, the context menu disappears on the mapped drive, but I can still see it on the "real/physical" path, you can see it in the video...
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    Rich
    2 years ago
    cdordelly wrote:

    I noticed if I map the main root Dropbox folder as a disk, the context menu disappears on the mapped drive ... This is an expected behavior?

    The context menu is only registered for the Dropbox folder and its contents. While your mapped drive may be pointing to the same location, as far as the right-click is concerned it's a different location, so it doesn't show the Dropbox options.

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Rich
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2 years ago
cdordelly wrote:

I noticed if I map the main root Dropbox folder as a disk, the context menu disappears on the mapped drive ... This is an expected behavior?

The context menu is only registered for the Dropbox folder and its contents. While your mapped drive may be pointing to the same location, as far as the right-click is concerned it's a different location, so it doesn't show the Dropbox options.

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