What I normally do is just uncheck Sync My Drive to this computer, since I’m only using it as a backup for my PC. In step 3, you choose which folders you want to sync down to your local PC. You can also click the Change link to backup only photos and videos or add file extensions that you do not want to sync. Once you start the installation, you’ll get the following screen for step 2:īy default, it will select Desktop, Documents and Pictures, but you can click on Choose Folder and pick any folder you want. OneDrive and Dropbox both support symbolic link folders and will sync everything up to the cloud like shown below:įor Google Drive, start by downloading the Backup and Sync software mentioned above. So now you can add files to the folder from either location and both will have the same contents since it’s actually one folder, not two. If you open that folder, the path will show as if it’s stored in OneDrive\Personal, when it actually is stored in the Test folder. After the link is created, you’ll see the Personal folder inside of OneDrive folder: So I am telling Windows to create a symbolic link folder in the OneDrive folder called Personal that is actually just pointing to the C:\Test\OneDrive Test folder.
Also, you can use any name you want for the folder. As you can see, I don’t need to create the Personal folder in the OneDrive folder, the mklink command will do that for me. It takes two parameters: the first is the location of the symbolic link you want to create and the second is the source directory. We are creating a symbolic link (symlink) using the mklink command. So let me explain what we are doing here. Mklink /J "C:\Users\Aseem\OneDrive\Personal" "C:\Test\OneDrive Test"
To do this, you have to open an elevated command prompt and type in the following command: So I want to sync the OneDrive Test folder to my OneDrive account folder without moving it. As you can see below, I have my OneDrive folder on the left and a folder called OneDrive Test inside C:\Test.
To get this done for Dropbox or OneDrive, I have created an example to walk you through the process. If you have a folder saved somewhere else, you’ll need to either move it to the OneDrive folder or create a symbolic link. However, it’s only for those three folders. Basically, they point the local folders to the OneDrive folders to make it seamless. Before I get into the steps for OneDrive, I wanted to mention that they now have an option called AutoSave that lets you move the contents of the Desktop, My Documents and Pictures folders to OneDrive without having to do anything on your part.
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