Windows RT suggestions?

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Posted by jaslar
Mar 31, 2014 at 03:11 PM

Ah RT. Missed that.

Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Mar 31, 2014 at 07:58 PM

Franz Grieser wrote:
>Dropbox - maybe I’ll drop that on my Dell, too. I haven’t figured out
>yet, how to exclude certain folders that I do not need on the Dell. Will
>look into that the next days.

I don’t know if it works the same in Windows RT, but in desktop Windows you can open the Preferences from the Dropbox tray icon, go to the Advanced tab, click on Selective Sync and uncheck the folders you don’t want to sync locally. The selection only shows top level items by default, but you can also click on Switch to Advanced View to show the full tree and select in greater detail if you want.

Posted by Franz Grieser
Mar 31, 2014 at 08:33 PM

Alex.

That is exactly what I miss in Dropbox for Windows RT. There simply is no such option.

Thanks Franz

Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Apr 1, 2014 at 08:08 PM

Franz Grieser wrote:
>That is exactly what I miss in Dropbox for Windows RT. There simply is no such option.

Interesting; your response made me suspect something and I made a brief search online. If my conclusions are correct, there is a very simple explanation: the Windows RT Dropbox client (apparently the same as the Windows 8 ‘app’, i.e. non-desktop) works like the Android client, which does not sync _anything_ on its own, other than the lists of folders and files, and only downloads/uploads file on demand.

See:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2023853/dropbox-for-windows-8-arrives-missing-some-key-features.html
http://forums.wpcentral.com/microsoft-surface-windows-rt/239430-dropbox-integration-windows-rt.html
http://www.winbeta.org/news/dropbox-app-windows-8-and-windows-rt-receives-minor-update

In brief, the Windows RT Dropbox client does _not_ keep a full local copy of your Dropbox content. To verify this, try to access a file in Dropbox while offline.

Here is a possible solution:
http://solved.tweakblogs.net/blog/9543/dropbox-integration-in-windowsrt.html

In contrast, the Skydrive/Onedrive Windows RT client seems to work as we have come to expect from Dropbox desktop.

Posted by Franz Grieser
Apr 1, 2014 at 09:09 PM

Alex.

You’re right: No automatic sync, you only get a list of folders and files in the Dropbox storage. As long as you have Internet access, you can open files (only then, they are downloaded to the RT machine) or you can download files to the Windows download folder (so you can access them when offline).
But: I haven’t found a way, yet, to upload a file I edited on the RT machine back to Dropbox. All I get is the option to upload it to Skydrive.

Well, this way Dropbox is unusable on the RT machine for me. I guess I have to swallow the bitter pill and use Skydrive. Too bad, as I use Dropbox to exchange files between all my machines, including the iPad.

Thanks for looking, Alex. Bye, Franz

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