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Peter C.3's avatar
Peter C.3
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Mapping Dropbox to network drive in Windows 7

I want to map Dropbox to a network drive and link to my Dropbox in the cloud versus the Dropbox on my computer. I want to conserve my hard drive space and access, open, and save files to my Dropbox t...
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    10 years ago

    No, it can't. The normal Dropbox client does not work the same as the mobile clients, and there's no way to map a virtual drive or folder to your Dropbox account.

    If you're running Windows 8 or 10, you can install the Dropbox app from the Microsoft Store, which is a mobile client. Just know that you will not be able to access any files while offline (unless they are marked as a favorite/available offline).

David F.71's avatar
David F.71
New member | Level 2
8 years ago

Note sure if you're still interested in a cloud service with mapped drive, but Box (not Dropbox) just came out with a mapped drive option - called Box Drive of course.

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