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Error when trying to exclude a file using PowerShell (on Windows 7)
I am trying to exclude a file from syncing following the instructions here:
https://help.dropbox.com/sync/ignored-files
using the PowerShell command:
Set-Content -Path 'Set-Content -Path 'D:\Dropbox\x\x\x\x\options.ini' -Stream com.dropbox.ignored -Value 1' -Stream com.dropbox.ignored -Value 1
However, I get a PowerShell error:
Set-Content : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'Stream'.
At line:1 char:86
+ Set-Content -Path 'D:\Dropbox\x\x\x\x\options.ini' -Stream <<<< com.dropbox.ignored -Value 1
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-Content], ParameterBindingException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : NamedParameterNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SetContentCommand
- Megan
Dropbox Staff
Hi ppan, happy Monday, I hope you're doing well!
Interesting. Is your Dropbox desktop app open and running? If so, what is the syncing status as we speak?
Please, feel free to also send me a screenshot of the error you get on your end, so I can have visual too.
Let me know more, and we'll take it from there.
This is not an error with Dropbox, but with windows PowerShell. (I was following the instructions on Dropbox website as I explained above).
I also wrote the exact PowerShell error in my post above.
A screenshot will not show anything new (except reveal personal details - that is why I replaced part of the path with "x"))
Sorry, I typed it wrong in the original post (and I am not able to edit it). The command that I used was indeed:
Set-Content -Path 'D:\Dropbox\x\x\x\x\options.ini' -Stream com.dropbox.ignored -Value 1I tried it again. Same error.
