A description replete with adverts of how to do this can be found on lifehacker here. It suggests installing a little tool which not everyone will have, so to do this on most any Windows workstation in Powershell just follow these steps in a powershell console while logged on in your desired Windows profile (minecraft saves game files per user.)
Run Powershell as an administrator (reuqired to create a symbolic link)
cd $env:appdata
cd .minecraft # note the prceeding dot here on the foldername <-- span="span">
mkdir $env:userprofile\DropBox\Minecraft -force # Assuming your dropbox folder is still the default.
cmd /C "mklink /D $env:userprofile\DropBox\Minecraft\MySaves" $pwd
# running this in cmd is the easiest way to path to mklink from powershell that I know
result:
symbolic link created for C:\Users\conradb\DropBox\Minecraft\MySaves <<===>> C:\Users\conradb\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft
\saves
Dropbox will start adding all your saves into the cloud, just watch your space consumption! Do this on each PC, and viola.
Run Powershell as an administrator (reuqired to create a symbolic link)
cd $env:appdata
cd .minecraft # note the prceeding dot here on the foldername <-- span="span">
mkdir $env:userprofile\DropBox\Minecraft -force # Assuming your dropbox folder is still the default.
cmd /C "mklink /D $env:userprofile\DropBox\Minecraft\MySaves" $pwd
# running this in cmd is the easiest way to path to mklink from powershell that I know
result:
symbolic link created for C:\Users\conradb\DropBox\Minecraft\MySaves <<===>> C:\Users\conradb\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft
\saves
Dropbox will start adding all your saves into the cloud, just watch your space consumption! Do this on each PC, and viola.
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