Mixing include and exclude rules

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yoyomaah
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Mixing include and exclude rules

Post by yoyomaah »

I only want to include a couple of folders and their content in Everything.

I set up an include rule that just includes "C:\Test"

Now i want to exclude all folders that start with a dot, so i set up an exclude rule like ".*"

Still, Everything includes all these folders and files. I tried other exclude rules like "*.jpg" - none of them seem to work, if i have include rules before them.

any advice?
void
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Re: Mixing include and exclude rules

Post by void »

The excluding system in 1.2 is terrible.

You can try to use the following exclude filter:
Type: Exclude
Filter:

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*\.*
Apply to: Files and folders.

This will exclude all folders that start with .
However, it will also exclude files starting with .

You might like to try the latest beta.

You can exclude folders that start with . by added the following exclude folder filter:

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.*
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