Working with the Allowed and Forbidden Lists

When new files are accessed with Shinydrive they are transparently either moved to the Content Server or kept locally on the PC. Which of these happens is governed by Allowed and Forbidden lists, managed by your administrator and based on the file type. When an Allowed file is accessed, it is moved to the Content Server unless it is already there. When a Forbidden file (for example, a temporary file) is accessed, it is not moved to the Content Server.

By default, the Allowed and Forbidden lists are fixed by your administrator, but you can update them when encountering a new file type.

When a new file is accessed and is not found on either the Allowed or Forbidden lists, an Unknown File Extension Found! popup appears. One of four options can be selected