Syncing a specific file/folder on your PC to the cloud

danyjr · 11 Sep 2016 at 10:04

Hi there,

I'm having an issue with syncing a specific file/folder on cloud.

I use Skype and I would like my chat history to be saved so in case my PC breaks down I have the chats saved somewhere I can recover on a new PC for example. However Skype doen't have a cloud storage and your chats are saved on your hard drive in :\Users\AppData\Roaming\Skype folder as a .db file.

Now I do understand that there are cloud storage services such as Dropbox, OneDrive, etc. but with these apps you can only share files which are transferred into the app's specific folder, not any folder on your PC.

Is there a way to do this?

Using Windows 10 Anniversary Update Pro x64.

Thanks in advance.

bledd · 11 Sep 2016 at 10:33

Make a bat file to copy that file to your cloud location

Semple · 11 Sep 2016 at 10:37

A symlink might also work here. I use that for syncing my Steam game saves to Dropbox.

danyjr · 11 Sep 2016 at 11:09

bledd said:
Make a bat file to copy that file to your cloud location

But I will need to run that bat file manually. I would prefer if there was an automatic daily sync so something like that.

Craig321 · 11 Sep 2016 at 11:11

danyjr said:
Hi there,

I'm having an issue with syncing a specific file/folder on cloud.

I use Skype and I would like my chat history to be saved so in case my PC breaks down I have the chats saved somewhere I can recover on a new PC for example. However Skype doen't have a cloud storage and your chats are saved on your hard drive in :\Users\AppData\Roaming\Skype folder as a .db file.

Now I do understand that there are cloud storage services such as Dropbox, OneDrive, etc. but with these apps you can only share files which are transferred into the app's specific folder, not any folder on your PC.

Is there a way to do this?

Using Windows 10 Anniversary Update Pro x64.

Thanks in advance.

Your Skype history is online already. Log in to https://web.skype.com/en/ and have a look

danyjr · 11 Sep 2016 at 11:23

Craig321 said:
Your Skype history is online already. Log in to https://web.skype.com/en/ and have a look

I'm afraid that is only true to chats within a month and Skype deletes them automatically from the cloud afterwards i.e. any chats you've had older than a month will not be accessible on other devices

bledd · 11 Sep 2016 at 11:36

danyjr said:
But I will need to run that bat file manually. I would prefer if there was an automatic daily sync so something like that.

Task scheduler, or on startup

Mujja · 11 Sep 2016 at 11:37

danyjr said:
But I will need to run that bat file manually. I would prefer if there was an automatic daily sync so something like that.

Create a scheduled task.

Buffalo2102 · 11 Sep 2016 at 11:47

Do it in two steps?

Use a local sync programme (e.g. FreeFileSync) to sync :\Users\AppData\Roaming\Skype folder with the local Dropbox, Onedrive or whatever folder. It will then automatically be reflected in the cloud folder.

andicole0 · 11 Sep 2016 at 11:48

Run something like dsynchronize.
Andi.