Ignoring a file without an extension

[thenowak]

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

[Jay]

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!

[thenowak · Accepted solution]

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]

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!