Configure your team’s desktop app preferences with GPO

This feature is for admins of Dropbox Business teams who use the GPO (Group Policy Object) feature with Microsoft Active Directory to manage their team’s IT.

Admins of Dropbox Business teams can configure their team members’ Dropbox desktop app preferences remotely using GPO. They can choose to configure preferences for individual team members, groups of team members, or whole teams.

To configure these preferences, download these .admx and .adml file templates from GitHub or refer to the tables below. The root directory for all preferences is “HKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Dropbox”.

Configure general preferences

Admins can configure general preferences for their team using the key “HKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Dropbox\General”.

Preference setting	Registry name	Option	Value
Start Dropbox on system startup	StartDropboxOnSystemStartup	Enabled	1 (Default)
		Disabled	0
Dropbox Badge	DropboxBadge	Always show	1 (Default)
		If others present	2
		Never show	0
Open folders in	OpenFoldersIn	File Explorer	0
		Dropbox desktop app	1 (Default)

Note: The following preference settings can only be configured by the team member:

Open the desktop app when starting Dropbox
Language

Configure network preferences

Admins can configure LAN sync preferences for their team using the key “HKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Dropbox\Bandwidth”.

Preference setting	Registry name	Option	Value
Enable LAN Sync	EnableLANSync	Enabled	1
		Disabled	0

Admins can configure bandwidth preferences for their team using the key “HKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Dropbox\Bandwidth”.

Preference setting	Registry name	Option	Value
Download rate	DownloadRate	Don't limit	2
	DownloadRateKBs	Limit to (KB/s)	DWORD
Upload rate	UploadRate	Don't limit	2
	UploadRateKBs	Limit to (KB/s)	DWORD
		Limit automatically	1

Admins can configure proxy preferences for their team using the key “HKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Dropbox\Proxies”.

Preference setting	Registry name	Option	Value
Proxy settings	ProxyMode	No proxy	0
		Auto-detect	1 (Default)
		Manual	2
Proxy type	ProxyType	HTTP	HTTP
		SOCKS4	SOCKS4
		SOCKS5	SOCKS5
Server	ProxyServer	[Name of the proxy server]	<none>
Port	ProxyPort	[Proxy server port number]	8080 (Default)
Proxy server requires password	ProxyServerRequiresPassword	Enable	1
		Disable	0 (Default)
Username	Username	[Username of proxy server]	STRING
Password	Password	[Password of proxy server]	STRING

Configure locking preferences

Admins can configure locking preferences to choose if team members can override their admin’s preferences.

Preference setting	Registry name	Option	Value
Locked setting	LockedSetting	Locked (Preference can’t be overridden by the team member. It’s grayed out in their app preferences.)	1
		Unlocked (Preference can be overridden by the team member and is available in their app preferences.)	0