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Stephen G.5's avatar
Stephen G.5
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

How do I rename the root folder?

I recently joined Dropbox for Business on a trial basis. As part of the process, it forcefully renames your Dropbox folder to "Dropbox (Personal)". I have since decided not to use Dropbox for Busines...
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  • DaveC2's avatar
    DaveC2
    10 years ago

    Unlink the DB app from your account, rename the folder, relink the DB app (do not use previous settings when prompted).

Steve G.61's avatar
Steve G.61
Helpful | Level 5
10 years ago

I've run into many programs that have problems with spaces and parenthesis in file names.

Is there any way to rename the dropbox folders so the names are more Unix/Mac friendly? Something like ~/Dropbox-Personal and ~/Dropbox-Company would be great.

Symbolic links to a directory doesn't help since OS X file open dialog converts these into the "official" name when you click through the symlink.

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