Omit Folders w/ Same Name (Not Path)?

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BGPhilbin
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Omit Folders w/ Same Name (Not Path)?

Post by BGPhilbin »

I'm looking for a way to omit a specific folder name that occurs regularly throughout my hard drives. It's a backup from a Microsoft program that creates a duplicate file with the same extension with routing information (but no actual file information, just routing info), but the folder appears repeatedly at different paths, so I just want to omit that specific folder wherever it occurs.

Everything I see suggested comes up with using the "Exclude" option, but that requires a specific path. I tried adding a filter with that folder name, but that seems to yield zero results instead of only omitting that folder name.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Pax, harmonia,

BGPhilbin
therube
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Re: Omit Folders w/ Same Name (Not Path)?

Post by therube »

If the directory you do not want to include is called,
\donotincludeme\
:

On the Search bar, something like,
!\donotincludeme\
, should work

As an Exclude, something like, Tools | Options | Indexes | Exclude -> Add Filter... -->
*\donotincludeme

will probably do it
BGPhilbin
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Re: Omit Folders w/ Same Name (Not Path)?

Post by BGPhilbin »

Oh, that first one works perfectly - thank you!

Pax,

BGPhilbin
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