How to exclude specific folders when searching?

[eswul62]

I would like to exclude specific folders from the search results.

e.g.
search for : some textstring

folders to be excluded:
x:\doc
y:\other doc
z:\last folder

Any suggestions?

thanks
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[void]

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!x:\doc\ !"y:\other doc\" !"z:\last folder\" some textstring

https://www.voidtools.com/support/everything/searching/

[eswul62]

Thanks a lot!

I did look at https://www.voidtools.com/support/everything/searching/
and noticed the ! parameter, but wasn't sure though.
e.g. grouping/not grouping
(also went on to try nopath:)

Ai!
just noticed the examples at the bottom, under examples...
(Limit the search to a single folder)

ahum.

[WV-Mike]

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!x:\doc\ !"y:\other doc\" !"z:\last folder\" some textstring

https://www.voidtools.com/support/everything/searching/

I am having a similar problem.
I am trying to exclude files in the folder:
C:\Users\WV Mike\Desktop\Geology_tucson_area

And then search for all files which have the word "geology" in them.
This returns no results:
!C:\Users\WV Mike\Desktop\Geology_tucson_area geology

Thanks,
WV-Mike

[NotNull]

!C:\Users\WV Mike\Desktop\Geology_tucson_area geology

Try it with:

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!"C:\Users\WV Mike\Desktop\Geology_tucson_area"   geology

Paths and/or filenames that contain spaces should be enclosed in "" as a <space> character is otherwise seen as an AND statement.



EDIT: Replaced all http instances with https

[WV-Mike]

!C:\Users\WV Mike\Desktop\Geology_tucson_area geology

Try it with:

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!"C:\Users\WV Mike\Desktop\Geology_tucson_area"   geology

Paths and/or filenames that contain spaces should be enclosed in "" as a <space> character is otherwise seen as an AND statement.
EDIT: Replaced all http instances with https

Thanks!
WV-Mike