Dropbox to Run on a Schedule

I only want Dropbox to automatically sync between certain hours of the day (outside business hours), is there an easy way to do this?

I am thinking I need to setup Windows 7 to auto open and close the Dropbox application at certain times - is this possible?

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  • +2

    One scheduled task to run dropbox.exe and another to run "taskkill /im dropbox.exe" would do the job.

    • Any guides on how to do this exactly? Ive never scheduled a task before.

  • +2

    You can also block Dropbox IP addresses for certain time periods using firewall rules. Most consumer routers will have a blocking rule as wel as a time schedule that you can set.

    DROPBOX (NET-199-47-216-0-1)    199.47.216.0 - 199.47.219.255
    DROPBOX (NET6-2620-100-6000-1)  2620:100:6000:: - 2620:100:600F:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF
    DROPBOX (NET-108-160-160-0-1)   108.160.160.0 - 108.160.175.255
    DROPBOX-CORP (NET-205-189-0-0-1)    205.189.0.0 - 205.189.0.255
    DROPBOXCORP (NET6-2620-C6-8000-1)   2620:C6:8000:: - 2620:C6:8000:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF
    DROPBOX (NET-209-99-70-0-1)     209.99.70.0 - 209.99.70.255
    

    Of course if you are not the network admin and you cannot configure a router, you'd have to configure dropbox to start / terminate on your own windows PC.

    • that's actually a really clever idea

      • …until the IP address range changes.

        • oops nvm

  • You can set it to service
    Then use the schedule to net start or net stop.
    how to install as a service?
    http://www.dropbugs.net/tutorials/article/12-running-dropbox…

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