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MJay241
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2 years ago

Dropbox - Synced to Network Share

Hi.  Just curious into asking about syncing a Dropbox agent to a Windows network share to allow other people to access and modify files. The idea was to have an agent sat on a Windows File Server, ...
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  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    2 years ago

    As for shared folders, you can start by taking a look at this Help Center article.

     

    Let us know if you have any other questions MJay241 

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Walter
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Hey MJay241, thanks for using Dropbox and welcome to our Community!

 

While it's not against the Dropbox ToS, it's not recommended to store the Dropbox folder on a network drive as a number of issues may arise. 

 

Have you considered using a shared folder instead?

 

I hope this helps!

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MJay241
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Would you mind at all explaining Shared Folders?

 

Deffo a newbie to Dropbox so would love to know if it would be worth the investment etc...

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