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jvasileff
Helpful | Level 6
7 years ago

Feedback on the new desktop app "ignore files" feature.

@Daphne that's great news! I look forward to trying it out. But it would also be nice to have a configuration file, like ".dropboxignore", to list paths or patterns to exclude. The reason is that e...
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corylulu
Helpful | Level 7
6 years ago

David L.31 check the casing of Dropbox in the path maybe? This works on my desktop. Are you are Windows 10? That said, for me, this feature isnt even that helpful because it still attempts scan all the files inside and will lock them during compiles and whatnot. I've resorted to symlinks to get Dropbox to ignore them. 

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