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I have a network folder at work that I would like to be accessible from home. I have purchased some space in Yandex.Disk (basically just another Dropbox clone, so let's just imagine I'm using Dropbox) and tried to create a symbolic link to the folder. Unfortunately, I discovered that symbolic links can't lead to network folders.

So my question is basically how I can sync a network folder via Dropbox.

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  • Are you sure you created a symbol link? Because it can point anywhere. It’s junctions that are restricted.
    – Daniel B
    Commented Aug 31, 2016 at 16:31

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You can not create a reparsepoint for a network folder.

Copy the contents of the network drive to a folder in Dropbox using a sync software that will mirror the contents of the network drive.

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  • Well, this is what I came to in the end. I'm now using Qtdsync (free and open source) for 1-way synchronization every hour. Unfortunately I couldn't find a user-friendly free solution for 2-way sync, but 1-way is fine too.
    – wintermute
    Commented Sep 9, 2016 at 6:09
  • Bvckup beta is free and good. Rsync is free. Syncback is also free.
    – Sun
    Commented Sep 9, 2016 at 6:11

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