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I dual boot Linux Ubuntu and windows 7 and share the same folders and documents. With Linux selecting a location for Dropbox it names the folder as “Dropbox” When Windows selecting a location for Dropbox it names the folder as “My Dropbox”. I want to use the same folder across two OS’. This is how I do it.

You probably have installed the Dropbox on Ubuntu, and the default folder location is /home/username/Dropbox. My Windows 7 has the Dropbox folder at /media/NTFS/My Dropbox/

I firstly stopped the Dropbox, then used the following command to rename the Dropbox to other names

$ cd # Make sure I’m at the user’s directory

$ mv Dropbox/ Dropbox_old

`Dropbox/’ -> `Dropbox_old’

Create a symbolic link

$ ln -s /media/NTFS/My\ Dropbox/ Dropbox

Now starting the Dropbox and check if it is recognizing the new changes. If it does, then you can safely remove the old Dropbox folder.

I found a non-CLI method which I suppose also works, it uses the “File Browser”

0) Right-click the dropbox icon on the “systray”, STOP dropbox.

1) On the upper menu click “Places”, then “Home Folder”.

2) Right-click the “Dropbox” folder and choose “Rename”. Name it what you like, it will be your backup.

3) On the left-side of the File Browser window you should see the mounted windows partition (or at least the “File System”), click on it and navigate down until you see your “My Dropbox” location on the right-side of the File Browser.

4) Left-Click and drag the “My Dropbox” folder to your desktop, while keeping the ALT key pressed. Drop it there. When the popup menu shows, asking what to do, select “Link Here”.

5) Right-click the freshly created link and select “Rename”, naming it “Dropbox”.

6) Go to the “Home Folder” on the File Browser, and drag the “Dropbox” link there.

7) Start dropbox.