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How to remove spaces from Dropbox folder names (spaces causing issues)
Hi There,
We need to run Bitnami web stacks but the path contains spaces because of the Dropbox folder name.
How do we rename the folders so there aren't spaces?
Or if we unsubscribe from Dropb...
Ben S.48 wrote:
How do we rename the folders so there aren't spaces?
There is no official method to rename the Dropbox folder. Any account that uses Teams or Dropbox for Business will have its Dropbox folder renamed to include the name of the team/business.
There is a way to do it but it is completely unsupported (i.e. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK). Exit Dropbox. Make a note of the EXACT Dropbox folder name. Rename it to "Dropbox" and then create a symlink using the original folder name and pointing to the Dropbox folder. Relaunch the client.
Or if we unsubscribe from Dropbox for business ... will the personal dropbox folder name get renamed to 'Dropbox' (without spaces/brackets)?
Existing folders will not be renamed, but any new installations would not have the team/business name in the folder. For existing installations you would need to uninstall Dropbox, rename the folder, then reinstall again, pointing the client to the existing Dropbox folder.
Rich
Super User II
Super User II
Ben S.48 wrote:
How do we rename the folders so there aren't spaces?
There is no official method to rename the Dropbox folder. Any account that uses Teams or Dropbox for Business will have its Dropbox folder renamed to include the name of the team/business.
There is a way to do it but it is completely unsupported (i.e. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK). Exit Dropbox. Make a note of the EXACT Dropbox folder name. Rename it to "Dropbox" and then create a symlink using the original folder name and pointing to the Dropbox folder. Relaunch the client.
Or if we unsubscribe from Dropbox for business ... will the personal dropbox folder name get renamed to 'Dropbox' (without spaces/brackets)?
Existing folders will not be renamed, but any new installations would not have the team/business name in the folder. For existing installations you would need to uninstall Dropbox, rename the folder, then reinstall again, pointing the client to the existing Dropbox folder.
I don't want to knock your suggestion, but I really don't want to be futzing with symlinks across multiple machines and platforms. I can just see myself making a mistake and losing files. And since I refuse to have filenames with brackets or spaces (let alone both!) on my computers, there seems to be no way I can use a separate "Dropbox (Work)" account. This is a deal breaker for me--I won't be using the Work account I just created until Dropbox fixes this problem.
