Box Drive: Change cache location
It would be really awesome to allow the box drive cache location to be placed somewhere other than C:\Users<USERNAME>\AppData\Local\Box\Box\cache, say on on a separate volume that doesn't consume space on C: (boot / application drive). Ideally I would like to place it on my second ssd D:
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Anonymous commented
I also use Dropbox. They have had this feature for years. Box should include this also in their feature to stay in the competition.
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Anonymous commented
STILL waiting for this to be addressed! Over 2 years looking for a response to a reasonable request. If we weren't so heavily invested in Box, from a setup standpoint, we would all be gone.
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Anonymous commented
It is the answer:
https://wrw.is/switching-from-box-sync-to-box-drive/The keyword is "mklink" MS-Command, it can point this folder to that folder. Some commens:
1. Copy source-path to destination-path.
2. Delete source-path.
3. Run cmd.exe with administrator.
4. Type command, ex:
mklink /d "E:\BOX\Box Sync" "E:\BOX\Box"
5. If succeed, the notice is
symbolic link created for "E:\BOX\Box Sync" <<===>> "E:\BOX\Box"
6. If the error ""Cannot create a file when that file already exists." mean the source-path still not delete. -
Anonymous commented
This feature must be top-priority. So many users have a separate drive for storage, leaving C: just for system usage.
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Anonymous commented
HUGE issue. Please address.
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Anonymous commented
PLEASE fix this.
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Stephen Selwyn commented
If C: drive is an SSD it may have limited space with Windows installed. Even taking a maximum of 25GB + files marked for offline access is causing us problems in our company. This has been promised for a long time and other cloud based storage systems are able to do this.
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Anonymous commented
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Stephen Fowler commented
This has been a requested feature going back to the initial release of Box Drive. I find it hard to understand why other cloud storage providers can do this and Box can't or won't make this a standard feature.
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Anonymous commented
I think this is critical. My C drive is full but my D drive is not and currently I now have no way to save my box files offline.
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Anonymous commented
I think this is critical. My C drive is full but my D drive is not and currently I now have now way to save my box files offline.
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Anonymous commented
This is an absolutely mandatory feature. People working with large datasets and files don't like storing on them on their boot drive.
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Anonymous commented
This topic is under consideration since almost one year.. That's a real poor statistic for the support of Box. We really need this feature (should not be a feature, but an obvious function), otherwise I can't use box anymore...:/
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Anonymous commented
+1
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Anonymous commented
This is a critical issue for Windows installations that use remote or non-standard user directory.
This is typical for larger MS installations where the users may not be using the same physical machine all the time or where virtual desktops are used. -
Anonymous commented
Box needs to allow us to sync directly to an external drive. My box drive folder has over a TB and is slowing down my new iMac. If this issue is not resolved my firm will likely look elsewhere for our data storage.
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Anonymous commented
quiero cambiar la ruta de box drive
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Anonymous commented
Is there any movement on this? Box Drive just became useless to me, since my boot drive is now full and i cant access any new work my team has created. I'll be moving everything off box if this isnt coming soon.
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Anonymous commented
adding another vote on this request to be expedited . I agree with the comment below, changing the mouth location via Registry edit is a half-baked solution. If Box can make this request happen sooner it will be a true winner, but at this moment I have to give up on Box and witch to the alternatives which allow me to share folder in my second local drive.
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Anonymous commented
Wow, I cannot believe that no progress has been made with this. It's great that the folder location can be changed in Windows via Registry Edit. But without being able to change the cache folder, whats the point? Either allow your PAYING customers to adjust cache & folder or don't give anything. I hate a half working solution like this.