Path exclusion format
You can use wildcards to exclude a group of files. A question mark (?) represents a single character whereas an asterisk (*) represents a string of zero or more characters.
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•If you want to exclude all files in a folder, type the path to the folder and use the mask *.* •If you want to exclude doc files only, use the mask *.doc •If the name of an executable file has a certain number of characters (with varying characters) and you only know the first one (for example, "D”), use the following format: |
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System variables in exclusions You can use system variables like %PROGRAMFILES% to define scan exclusions. •To exclude the Program Files folder using this system variable, use the path %PROGRAMFILES%\* (remember to add backslash and asterisk at the end of path) when adding to exclusions •To exclude all files and folders in a %PROGRAMFILES% subdirectory, use the path %PROGRAMFILES%\Excluded_Directory\* |
