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Feature request - remove running file

This is not a huge issue but it's annoying enough. I've got foobar installed inside Dropbox as portable app and since portable foobar creates "running" file while it's running, Dropbox is constantly trying to upload that file but it can't since it's in use. I don't see how that file matters so it would be nice when it would got removed.

Feature request - remove running file

Reply #1 –
I assume the file is used for crash detection. Maybe you can selectively exclude this file from being synced? dropboxfilter looks promising. Another option: don't sync the whole program folder, but only your config.
 

Feature request - remove running file

Reply #2 –
I'm not part of the developer-team, but this file probably serves - among other things - as an indicator whether foobar2000 quit correctly or crashed the last time it ran. And since it's not a good choice to create files/folders outside of a portable installation, you can't simply put it somewhere else.

Perhaps you're lucky an the devs will create an option to disable it.