do not search in specific folders

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Marcus23
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do not search in specific folders

Post by Marcus23 »

How can I make the search to search all subfolders of a disk for files but not in folders that have a specific name?
therube
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Re: do not search in specific folders

Post by therube »

If you want a directory \DELTACAD\, but not directories named \sonny\ that are within:
\DELTACAD !\sonny

or
\DELTACAD !\DELTACAD\sonny

or if you never wanted
\DELTACAD\sonny
to turn up - at all, you could exclude that in;
Tools | Options | Indexes -> Exclude
.

The ! is a NOT operator, so NOT within \sonny or NOT within \DELTACAD\sonny.
(Depending on your particular needs, \sonny may be fine, or for more refinement, "exactness", \DELTACAD\sonny.)
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