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Ignoring a file without an extension

Ignoring a file without an extension

thenowak
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I try to set a file as ignored for sync. The problem is the file does not have an extension. When I try

Set-Content -Path 'C:\Users\yourname\Dropbox(Personal)\YourFileName' -Stream com.dropbox.ignored -Value 1

  I'll get an error:

Set-Content : Could not open the alternate data stream 'com.dropbox.ignored' of the file 'C:\Users\yourname\Dropbox(Personal)\YourFileName'.
At line:1 char:1
+ Set-Content -Path 'C:\Users\yourname\Dropbox(Pers...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Set-Content], FileNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.IO.FileNotFoundException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SetContentCommand
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thenowak
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Hi Jay, thank you for the quick reply. It seems I've found the culprit - the file in question had the read-only attribute. After changing that, even no extension doesn't pose an issue.

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Jay
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Hi @thenowak, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

 

In general, the option to ignore files from syncing would require that they have a file extension. Otherwise, it would seem like you're trying to ignore a folder itself.

 

Just for clarification, you are amending the filepath in the example you gave for the sake of privacy?

 

This will help me to assist further!


Jay
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thenowak
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Hi Jay, thank you for the quick reply. It seems I've found the culprit - the file in question had the read-only attribute. After changing that, even no extension doesn't pose an issue.

Jay
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Glad to hear we were able to resolve the issue. If you need any further assistance in the future, please let me know.

 

Enjoy the rest of your week!


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