I want, no demand, easy access to my Dropbox. This involves adding it to to the Favorite Links bar in Vista (just drag it there) and the Places bar. On Windows 2000 and XP you can use Tweak UI, but it doesn't run well on Vista. I can't recall if the Places bar customization didn't work on all versions of Vista, or just 64-bit Vista. Either way the registy script is an easy way to make the changes.
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Registry Script to Customize the Places Bar
Copy and paste the following text into a new text document and save it with a .reg extension (eg. dropbox-places.reg). Double-click it to import it to the registry.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\comdlg32\Placesbar] "Place0"="Recent" "Place1"="Desktop" "Place2"="C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\Documents\My Dropbox\" "Place3"="MyDocuments" "Place4"="MyComputer"
Make sure that you provide the full path to your Dropbox (usually this means you'll only have to replace YOURUSERNAME with your actual username. The order will be Recent Items, Desktop, Dropbox, Documents and My Computer. You can modify that, but don't create any more than 5 places (0-4).
Tags: Dropbox, Tips, Vista, Windows
February 26th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
I use Dropbox to sync my 1password keychain and other settings between my two Macs. I have set mine up where I do not use any aliases to make it work. I simply point the app pref or data location to the Dropbox file on the machine.
I have tried that using the free version of Dropbox, that comes with 2 GB, and really like. Gives you a good feeling, when you know your data is safely backuped and your computers are in sync.
Right now the have a special offer. I anybody signs up with my referral the will add another 256MB of storage space. Just use the following link:
https://www.getdropbox.com/referrals/NTE1NTczNzk~
Manuel