Enter the same password as for mounting the volume).ĥ. To do that select the mounted encrypted volume with the moved Dropbox folder in the Cryptic Disk main window and open the settings window (the software will ask for the password. Open the encrypted volume settings window. You will later configure Dropbox for automated launch upon mounting of the encrypted volume.Ĥ. In the Dropbox settings window go to the “General” tab and untick “Launch Dropbox application upon system start-up” and click “OK” button (you will not need Dropbox settings anymore) to disable this option. The time needed for the operation is directly dependent of the volume of the files to move.ģ. Click the “OK” button here.ĭropbox will start moving all the files from the previous location to the encrypted volume. The Dropbox application will ask for confirmation. Select the mounted encrypted volume under letter “P:” and click the “OK” button.

In the Dropbox settings window go to the “Advanced” tab and click “Move…” button at the Dropbox folder path field. Click the Dropbox icon in the system tray to open the menu and click the gear icon there and select “Parameters…” menu option. To do that open the Dropbox settings window. Move the Dropbox folder to the “P:” volume using Dropbox utilities. Select, for example, the letter “P:”.Īfter mounting the system will display an encrypted virtual volume under the letter “P:”.Ģ. Please remember the letter since Dropbox will be set to store its folder on the volume only with this letter. Enter the password and mount the encrypted container to any free letter. First you need to mount it and move the Dropbox folder there. Now there is an encrypted volume (or container). If you store not much information at Dropbox you can adjust the container size accordingly. If you have a paid Dropbox account the encrypted volume has to be the same size as the Dropbox account. It means we will need a 2Gb encrypted container. Just go through the instructions:įor free accounts Dropbox provides a 2Gb storage space.

If there is no encrypted volume or container it is very easy to create one with the help Cryptic Disk. It means that the whole Dropbox folder will be stored on the computer encrypted and the password will be required to access it. Here are some ideas on how to store the Dropbox folder on an encrypted virtual volume. If you have some important documents, photos or other files and you want to limit other persons access to them, you can encrypt all this data.

All the Dropbox files are stored open on the computer.

Adding password to dropbox folder