Dropbox Network Drive Hack

Dropbox Network Drive Hack

Follow these steps
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1) Create a folder on local disk Eg: C:\Users\keerthip\Documents\Dropbox
2) Create a Drive Letter Mapping eg:(H:) to the folder path in windows with following command 
subst H: C:\Users\keerthip\Documents\Dropbox
3) Install Dropbox desktop software in advanced Mode.
Select the new local drive H: and sync either selective folders or all folder to local drive ( which is original folder path)
4) Wait till content is fully synced from web account
5) Pause Syncing and Exit Dropbox
6) Delete local folder drive mapping with following command
subst H: /d
7) Remap your network drive with same Drive Letter Eg:H:\
8) Copy your content from original location to network drive 
Eg; Copy created DropBox folder from C:\Users\keerthip\Documents to H:\
9) Start Dropbox.Now Dropbox should work as usual

This trick doesn't work today's dropbox.
you have to make a real partition and assign a drive later and have dropbox there.
after that, you have to shutdown dropbox properly
https://i.imgur.com/amUzwyx.jpg
& copy everything from the newly made partition to the network mapped drive. and remove/ change drive latter of partition and put the same latter to the mapped drive. then restart your pc and start dropbox.
Note: also have this file outside of dropbox, (not tested)
https://i.imgur.com/fSwnqte.jpg

I tried alnoman's steps, but I keep getting a permission error after I did everything and dropbox reopens.

I'm sorry about that.
yes, I tried the same thing on the other pc but didn't work. as I successfully made it work before and I posted above.
the difference between the two attempts was-
1st pc: I fully synchronize the dropbox first. and that was a free account.
2nd pc: I didn't synchronize fully because it was very big. and it was a pro account.

I still have hope for you. only if you can synchronize the dropbox completely first. and then you follow the steps.