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Bug - "unable to sync" a file that is in an ignored folder.
I have a folder that is set to ignore such as here: https://help.dropbox.com/sync/ignored-files The folder properly does not sync and does not show up on my dropbox web or on any other synced devi...
Jay
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHI WreckItTim1, could you try marking that file with the ignored tag to see if this helps?
It is an autogenerated file from visual studio created whenever its used, with a random hash name, so that is not a valid solution. Which is why I made the parent folder an ignore, so that anything which gets dynamically added into that folder should also be ignored.
- Jay
Thanks for the details, please could you contact the support team for them to look into this further for you.
Hi
I got the exact same problem. I ignored every folder from ".vs" and down. Any newly created files will still end in deadlock as Dropbox insist on syncing them. This again usually ends in that I have to set Dropbox on sync to be able to work normally. Its not a good solution. An ignored folder should stay ignored.Dropbox version: 299.4.7134.
OS: Latest Windows 11.
VS: Latest 2022.
This is not something that started now, but I am finally getting tired of workaround so I tried to ignore folders and was rather surprised it was not working. I will try to reconfigure VS, but it should still not be like this.
- Jay
Hi Aslak, could you confirm the version number for the desktop app that you're using, since I think the number is too high?
There is a newer version out now, could you try upgrading to that one?
