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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Exclusion format •If you want to exclude all files and subfolders 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: Examples: •C:\Tools\*—The path must end with the backslash (\) and asterisk (*) to indicate that it is a folder and all folder content (files and subfolders) will be excluded. •C:\Tools\*.*—Same behavior as C:\Tools\* •C:\Tools—Tools folder will not be excluded. From the scanner perspective, Tools can also be a file name. •C:\Tools\*.dat—This will exclude .dat files in the Tools folder. •C:\Tools\sg.dat—This will exclude this specific file located in the exact path. |
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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\* |
