Excluding specific folder path and files inside it

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PlepRA
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Excluding specific folder path and files inside it

Post by PlepRA »

How do i exclude path/folder and the files inside it that have postfix name like (photo-rip), example
F:\media1\media2\folder a to z (photo-rip)


I have few folder with that postfix and individual grouping per folder path seems too inefficient because some of the target folder have long character length.

When using search below the only result i get is \media2\ and any random .png inside media2 + the subfolder inside.
F:\media1\ <child:(photo-rip)|.png>
void
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Re: Excluding specific folder path and files inside it

Post by void »

Everything 1.5 has parent-name:

To exclude files/folders inside a folder, where the folder name contains (photo-rip), include the following in your search:

!parent-name:(photo-rip)


parent-name:



Everything 1.4, you would have to use regex, please try:

!regex:\(photo-rip\)\\[^\\]*$


! = NOT
regex: = enable regular expressions.
\( \) = match a literal ( and )
[^\\] = match any character except \
* = match the previous element zero or more times.
$ = match the end of the filename.
PlepRA
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Re: Excluding specific folder path and files inside it

Post by PlepRA »

Thank you so much, that will solve some of my problem in the future.
Last edited by PlepRA on Mon Feb 09, 2026 10:35 am, edited 1 time in total.
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