Reinstall Dropbox back on same machine by copying all settings etc?

Recently Dropbox (free version) limited installs to three devices (but
still allowed already installed instances to continue over the three limit).
The problem comes if for whatever reason you do a full from scratch
reinstall of Windows then when you come to add Dropbox it complains you
are over the three device limit and refuses to install (even when
reinstalling on a previously installed and linked machine).
Presumably though if you knew all the registry settings, install files
and folders you could just do a new install and then overwrite all these
with setting from your old install? If you knew what they were that is.

On 07/10/2019 15:28, Richard Jones wrote:
Recently Dropbox (free version) limited installs to three devices (but
still allowed already installed instances to continue over the three
limit).
The problem comes if for whatever reason you do a full from scratch
reinstall of Windows then when you come to add Dropbox it complains
you are over the three device limit and refuses to install (even when
reinstalling on a previously installed and linked machine).
Presumably though if you knew all the registry settings, install files
and folders you could just do a new install and then overwrite all
these with setting from your old install? If you knew what they were
that is.

In that case stop using dropbox and start using Microsoft Azure, or
Google Cloud or AWS storage.

You'll find that Dropbox uses either Azure, Google Cloud or AWS for the
services it is providing. There are very few service providers running
their own servers these days as the three I've mentioned are controlling
the market.

By the way you posted this here so can you tell us what has this got to
do with Windows 10?

Next you'll start posting something like this:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/07/court-rejects-latest-request-to-force-pm-to-ask-for-brexit-extension



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Richard Jones wrote:
Recently Dropbox (free version) limited installs to three devices (but
still allowed already installed instances to continue over the three limit).
The problem comes if for whatever reason you do a full from scratch
reinstall of Windows then when you come to add Dropbox it complains you
are over the three device limit and refuses to install (even when
reinstalling on a previously installed and linked machine).
Presumably though if you knew all the registry settings, install files
and folders you could just do a new install and then overwrite all these
with setting from your old install? If you knew what they were that is.

Yes, but it would be wrong..

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Richard Jones wrote:

Recently Dropbox (free version) limited installs to three devices (but
still allowed already installed instances to continue over the three
limit).
The problem comes if for whatever reason you do a full from scratch
reinstall of Windows then when you come to add Dropbox it complains you
are over the three device limit and refuses to install (even when
reinstalling on a previously installed and linked machine).
Presumably though if you knew all the registry settings, install files
and folders you could just do a new install and then overwrite all these
with setting from your old install? If you knew what they were that is.


IMHO it would be much easier for you to go to Dropbox's security page
for your account and remove the previously installed and linked machine,
before reinstalling.

On 07/10/2019 18:47, 🛈 Helpful Guy 🛈 wrote:
Richard Jones wrote:

Recently Dropbox (free version) limited installs to three devices (but
still allowed already installed instances to continue over the three
limit).
The problem comes if for whatever reason you do a full from scratch
reinstall of Windows then when you come to add Dropbox it complains you
are over the three device limit and refuses to install (even when
reinstalling on a previously installed and linked machine).
Presumably though if you knew all the registry settings, install files
and folders you could just do a new install and then overwrite all these
with setting from your old install? If you knew what they were that is.


IMHO it would be much easier for you to go to Dropbox's security page
for your account and remove the previously installed and linked machine,
before reinstalling.


Would love too but unfortunately I have over three machines linked to my
account. If I unlink any of them then I can't relink them on a free account.