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TBirdUK
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10 months ago

How can I stop a file from syncing to Dropbox on Windows?

Is there a way of marking individual files in the Dropbox folders so that they are not indexed/ uploaded?  I use a large 32 bit application that is constantly updating an indexing file in th...
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Mark
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10 months ago
TBirdUK wrote:

Is there a way of marking individual files in the Dropbox folders so that they are not indexed/ uploaded?

No there isnt I'm afraid. 

The only way is to not sync that directory (via Selective Sync, but that removes it off the machine so there are a few work around you need to do), or, pausing syncing. 

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