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CSC

Is there a way to create a shortcut in the folder list that is displayed for a box user when they log in to the box app?.

Some people seem to have this but it looks like something that is configured by admin but I can't find how they do it.

eg. If a user has a folder with several levels of folders, is there way to have access to an individual lower folder via a shortcut listed at the top level. Like a shortcut. I know you can create windows shortcuts to lower level folders but these disappear if you logout and back in with the box desktop app

 

Bill

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  • France
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    Hi Bill, 

    Welcome to the Box Community!

    "Shortcut" created via Windows Explorer is one of the items that Box Drive will not sync and ignores. You can still create them in your Box Drive folders for your personal use but Box Drive will not sync them to Box cloud and is only accessible you to via the app.

    Furthermore, since shortcuts are not synced to Box, it's expected that these will be deleted when you logout and then login again in Box Drive.

    Check out this article to see the list of file types ignored or blocked by Box Drive: https://support.box.com/hc/en-us/articles/360044195433-File-Types-Ignored-or-Blocked-by-Box-Sync-and-Box-Drive

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  • CSC

    Hi France

    Thanks for the reply.

    I have had move a clients existing installation to a new account and what I have noticed is that some people have the standard set of root level shared folders but beneath those may also have another couple of folders that turn out to actually be folders that exist elsewhere within the folder tree structure as well.  So like a shortcut but obviously in light of your answer not a shortcut but a separate share to a folder that is already included by default in a share from higher up.

    I am trying to work out how that was set up as I have not been able to replicate it trying different methods.. Sorry if my description is poor.

    Maybe this may help.

    Say a user has access to the following structure:

    Company / Finance / Accounts

     

    When logged into their old account with the Box desktop app and they open the Box folder in file explorer they see:

    Company

    Accounts   (Contains the same files as appear in Company / Finance / Account)

     

    Obviously its not a shortcut as per your explanation above, as it appears each time they login.  I dont have access to their old account to have a look, I only have a copy of all their files to put into the new account.

     

    Thanks,

    Bill   

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  • Philip Thomas

    Hi is there an update to this question? How does one create folder shortcuts that go in the Windows Navigation Pane and delete them? Deleting them from the pane appears to delete the folder itself.

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  • Vivek Viswanatha

    Will there be an update supporting this anytime soon?

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