DropboxPortableAHK

DropboxPortableAHK is a handy and reliable application that can create a portable installation of Dropbox, which you can place on a removable drive and take with you everywhere you go.

It is the only program that can create a to-go version of Dropbox on today’s software market, thereby it gains exclusivity for this particular segment. The program uses Dropbox version 1.1.45, which, admittedly is an old version of the product, but there’s an explanation for this.

After 1.1.45, Dropbox received an encryption feature for configuration files, which makes it impossible for third-party software to change the path of a user’s Dropbox folder. As a consequence, a portable installation cannot be created on top of a higher edition.

DropboxPortableAHK was designed based on AutoHotkey and is extremely simple to deploy and use, making use of a step-by-step wizard that guides users throughout the whole process.

First and foremost, the program checks your Internet connection and allows you to create various connection profiles (including proxy servers) in case the current network settings don’t work.

Up next, you are asked to configure the default Dropbox folder, after which you are offered an option to import a previous account (if any), otherwise you can proceed to the next step.

A set of special options soon become available, allowing you to enable SyncAndGo (syncs files and exits), power off the computer after SyncAndGo or encrypt the configuration file manually with a custom password.

You can set up a group of applications to be launched before and after DropboxPortableAHK is run, if this option is of interest to you.

In the final step, the Dropbox files are downloaded and deployed in the same folder as the application, which will ultimately become the portable installation that you can carry with you.

Considering the above, we can safely state that DropboxPortableAHK is a cool application, despite providing support for an outdated Dropbox edition. This limitation is imposed by the default standards of Dropbox, which seem to have impaired the developer from providing support for the newest version.