I'm a happy user of Dropbox, but I want to use it with my Windows Home Server.
I would like to ask if it's possible to run it as a service. The default installation installs dropbox.exe in C:\Documents and Settings\administrator\Application Data\Dropbox\bin
That path prevents me from creating a user-defined service using Windows Resource Kits.
Best Answer
I found a forum post (now deleted) which describes a solution for Windows Home Server. There is also another post that covers Running Dropbox as a service on Windows Server 2008. The description below is for WHS.
First, run the Dropbox installer using the command line switch
/D=C:\Program Files\Dropbox
(with no quotes) to install Dropbox into the Program Files directory for all users.Then here an updated version of the procedure given on this link: