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Re:Genesis of requiring a "Dropbox folder," versus designate... by underwater on Thursday April 28, 2011 @08:12PM (#2495754)
Take a look at the Wiki article on symlinks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_link

If you're a Windows user think of a more hardcode version of shortcuts. You can create them in Windows Vista / 7 from the command line through the `mklink` command.

Basically you can set up a symbolic link from inside your Dropbox folder to any other directory and Dropbox will start syncing the folder without you having to actually copy or move files.

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Re:Genesis of requiring a "Dropbox folder," versus designate... by pushingbits on Friday April 29, 2011 @04:24AM (#2496724)
Or use a shell extension: http://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/hardlinkshellext...
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