Dropbox Dash will automatically search your system folders like your “Desktop,” “Downloads,” and “Documents” folders. To add more searchable folders to Dropbox Dash:
\nAlso, please be aware of the following for directory search:
\nFeel free to reach out to Support here if you have any additional questions!
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Hi
It sounds like you may need to add a searchable folder for Dropbox Dash to locate these applications.
Dropbox Dash will automatically search your system folders like your “Desktop,” “Downloads,” and “Documents” folders. To add more searchable folders to Dropbox Dash:
\nAlso, please be aware of the following for directory search:
\nFeel free to reach out to Support here if you have any additional questions!
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1. I think Dash should find all installed apps without the user have to add each folder manually.
2. I tried to add the folder manually, but Dash still don't list the apps.
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2. I tried to add the folder manually, but Dash still don't list the apps.
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joch6n wrote:
\nI tried to add the folder manually, but Dash still don't list the apps.
\n
Is the Windows Search service running and is that folder's location being indexed by Windows? As Barbara mentioned, Dash uses the Windows Search Index. If the location that you're expecting to find in Dash isn't being indexed by Windows, Dash likely won't know about it.
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\nI tried to add the folder manually, but Dash still don't list the apps.
\n
Is the Windows Search service running and is that folder's location being indexed by Windows? As Barbara mentioned, Dash uses the Windows Search Index. If the location that you're expecting to find in Dash isn't being indexed by Windows, Dash likely won't know about it.
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I also have added the named folder explicitly.
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I also have added the named folder explicitly.
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