Dropbox to Run on a Schedule

Gunther on 22/01/2015 - 19:11

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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SteveBuscemi on 22/01/2015 - 20:11

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One scheduled task to run dropbox.exe and another to run "taskkill /im dropbox.exe" would do the job.
- Gunther on 23/01/2015 - 11:06
  
  Any guides on how to do this exactly? Ive never scheduled a task before.
scrimshaw on 22/01/2015 - 20:27

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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.
- Davo1111 on 23/01/2015 - 02:11
  
  that's actually a really clever idea
  - SteveBuscemi on 23/01/2015 - 09:36
    
    …until the IP address range changes.
    - Davo1111 on 23/01/2015 - 13:24
      
      oops nvm
kane on 27/04/2015 - 19:30

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…