===== Automatically syncing your "My Documents" or "Desktop" folders to Box =====

You can create a "[[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/fileio/hard-links-and-junctions|Junction]]" to any folder on your computer inside your "Box Sync" folder, and then all of your files in that folder will be automatically synchronized to box.

  - [[https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-open-command-prompt-2618089|open cmd window]]
  - cd to the Box Sync folder, for example <code>cd "\Users\some_username\Box Sync"</code>
  - find the path to My Documents, for example "c:\users\some_username\Documents"
  - in the cmd window, enter <code>mklink /J "My Documents" "c:\users\some_username\Documents"</code>
  - If it is successful, you will see "Junction created for My Documents <nowiki><<===>></nowiki> C:\Users\some_username\Documents"
  - Verify that it works with <code>dir "My Documents"</code>
  - You can repeat the process for you "Desktop" folder, or any other folders on your computer

This is from [[https://community.box.com/t5/Web-App-Forum/Box-Sync-How-To-Link-Folders-to-Box-Sync-Folder/td-p/28664|This post on the Box forum]]

If you need to remove this junction later, use //e.g.// <code>rmdir "\Users\some_username\Box Sync\My Documents"</code>