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ironman5151
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Removing messy folder hierarchy from within the Dropbox folder.

  Is there a way to change settings or similar that when I click on "Name Dropbox" that it takes me directly to the subfolders on the right?   As you can see above, I have to click on "N...
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    Rich
    2 years ago
    ironman5151 wrote:

    Is there a way to change settings or similar that when I click on "Name Dropbox" that it takes me directly to the subfolders on the right?

    No.

     

    Also, how can I hide the dropbox cache folder?

    The .dropbox.cache folder is normally hidden. You can see it because you've enabled the display of hidden files in your operating system. It's a Windows setting; not a Dropbox setting.

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Rich
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2 years ago
ironman5151 wrote:

Is there a way to change settings or similar that when I click on "Name Dropbox" that it takes me directly to the subfolders on the right?

No.

 

Also, how can I hide the dropbox cache folder?

The .dropbox.cache folder is normally hidden. You can see it because you've enabled the display of hidden files in your operating system. It's a Windows setting; not a Dropbox setting.

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