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Ignoring a file without an extension

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

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

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

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!