<i>It is impossible to explain why 1Password data on Dropbox can be in such odd locations without discussing history, but the short answer is that we originally allowed 1Password users to place their data anywhere they wished on Dropbox. In order to help 1Password actually find where that data is, we also had it write the location into a file at the root of the Dropbox folder, in a file called .ws.agile.1Password.settings.</i><p>If the file just contains a pointer to a subdirectory, why does it need to be stored on the user's Dropbox account at all? Couldn't they keep track of the preferred Dropbox folder themselves, on a per-user basis?