Excluding certain folders by partial keywords

[N1755L]

Hello everyone and Merry Xmas or Happy Holidays to all,

I've looked at https://www.voidtools.com/support/everything/searching/ and viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1970 but I cannot figure out the correct syntax to exclude from my search any folder containing the word "cache" anywhere in the folder name.

So basically, I am searching for documents, but am not interested in seeing results from any folder that has "cache" in the folder name.

I've tried a whole variety of syntax, but cannot seem to get it just right, folders like C:\Users\***\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\ keep showing up in my search... there is nothing in any such folder that I would ever be interested in, but I've yet to figure out how to filter out such folders.

Thank you.

[horst.epp]

What about !folder:cache at the end of your search term

[N1755L]

What about !folder:cache at the end of your search term

I'd already tried that as !folder:*cache*, and now I tired it without the asterisks as you suggest, but those #%$@^%@$% cache folders keep showing up in my search results... this does not seem to work. Thanks anyway though.

[N1755L]

For a second I thought I'd had a good idea, so I tried !child:cache... oh, doesn't work either

Maybe !child:*cache*! Drats! No, this fails as well.

There HAS to be a way, a syntax.

[tuska]

Mmh,

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!folder:cache 2f1edd4373313cbd899bdfb10fa0acdf376a25dd5eabb8cac8170302cdb8

brings
C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_cacache\index-v5\29\f0\2f1edd4373313cbd899bdfb10fa0acdf376a25dd5eabb8cac8170302cdb8

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!folder:cache Excluding certain folders by partial keywords.txt

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C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_cacache\index-v5\29\f0\Excluding certain folders by partial keywords.txt

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[void]

Merry xmas and happy holidays,

Please try including the following in your search:

!*cache*\**


The following will also work, except it will also exclude files containing cache in their filename:
!path:cache



folder: = match folders only.
path: = match whole path and filename.

[tuska]

Merry xmas and happy holidays,

Thank you. I wish you the same.

Please try including the following in your search:

!*cache*\**

Yes, that works!

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!*cache*\** 2f1edd4373313cbd899bdfb10fa0acdf376a25dd5eabb8cac8170302cdb8
!*cache*\** Excluding certain folders by partial keywords.txt

Thank you for the prompt reply and the solution.