Change Box Drive Location

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Jia Lin Cheoh

• March 15, 2022 14:37

Hi, I would like to change the box drive default installation location from 

/Library/CloudStorage/Box-Box

to 

/Users/MY_USERNAME/Box

 

How can I accomplish this? 

Thank you. 

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  AJ

  • March 15, 2022 20:06

  Hi Jia LIn,

  Welcome to the Box Community! 

  Create the parent folder where you want the Box Drive folder to display -- for example, C:\ or C:\Cloud or D:\This\Is\A\Folder

  • When Box Drive launches, it creates a folder called Box in this folder.

          Note

        The path does not need to be under the C:\ drive but it cannot be on a network drive or external drive.

  1. Create an new string value (REG_SZ) using the Registry Editor tool under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Box\Box called CustomBoxLocation
  2. Set the value of CustomBoxLocation to the path of the folder you created in step

  For example, if you want the Box Drive folder to appear under C:\Cloud:

  NameTypeValueCustomBoxLocation(REG_SZ)C:\Cloud

  • Restart Box Drive.

  https://support.box.com/hc/en-us/articles/360043697454-Configuring-the-Default-Box-Drive-Folder-Location

  Best,

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