How to point Dropbox app to the existing Dropbox location?
I've found a way around it.
Just rename the existing Dropbox folder to 'Dropbox_' or similar. Pause Dropbox sync, set the location to the same folder, and click apply/ok. Delete that newly created folder and rename 'Dropbox_' back to 'Dropbox'.
It's a bit sucky you got to do that but it does prevent having to re-download everything you already have. Alternatively, make the folder, and just copy paste your entire old-dropbox files into the new one. If it's on a different hard drive then that would take a while anyways.
So your problem is, you already had a Dropbox folder then somehow 'Dropbox' got delinked now you want to link it back using your credential. But after you log in, it is creating a new folder in the default location and started to download the contents there. You want not to download all the content rather redirect it to an existing location.
Steps:
- Open the 'Dropbox' program.
- Log in to your Dropbox account.
- Once logged in, don't click on the 'Open my Folder' option. If you click then it will start to download your Dropbox content in the default location.
- Click the 'advanced setting' at the bottom of that window. Change the location there.
- Now click 'Open my folder'. It will check the existing content and only update the new files.