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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 Dropbox for business (we've found it kind of painful in practice) will the personal dropbox folder name get renamed to 'Dropbox' (without spaces/brackets)?
Cheers
Ben
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
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.
Awesome, thanks heaps. Will remove the team account. Cheers
It will be nice if Dropbox added an official method to do this. Spaces in paths cause all sorts of trouble for people who use dropbox to store source code. Any plans to do so?
Thanks
- Rich
mirestrepo wrote:
Any plans to do so?
Best guess... not likely.
- THANK YOU!!!!
