FileSeek RSS: Can you use wildcards in the Exclude Path(s): dialog? https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=f82e2d91-1f9d-4762-9b74-100c39160a3d FileSeek RSS: Can you use wildcards in the Exclude Path(s): dialog? Wed, 13 May 2026 16:40:28 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=f82e2d91-1f9d-4762-9b74-100c39160a3d RE: Can you use wildcards in the Exclude Path(s): dialog? https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/View/can-you-use-wildcards-in-the-exclude-paths-dialog/?ID=f82e2d91-1f9d-4762-9b74-100c39160a3d#3 Fri, 16 Sep 2016 00:42:57 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/View/can-you-use-wildcards-in-the-exclude-paths-dialog/?ID=f82e2d91-1f9d-4762-9b74-100c39160a3d#3 FileSeek Last month we released FileSeek 5.1 (http://www.fileseek.ca/Download) and this issue should be all fixed up. Please let us know if you run into any trouble after updating.

Thanks! ]]> RE: Can you use wildcards in the Exclude Path(s): dialog? https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/View/can-you-use-wildcards-in-the-exclude-paths-dialog/?ID=f82e2d91-1f9d-4762-9b74-100c39160a3d#2 Fri, 13 Nov 2015 16:33:46 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/View/can-you-use-wildcards-in-the-exclude-paths-dialog/?ID=f82e2d91-1f9d-4762-9b74-100c39160a3d#2 FileSeek You should be able to use asterisks, but it seems like that might be broken in the latest version. We'll look into that further.

In the meantime, you can enable the "Treat all Exclude Path filters as wildcards" option on the Settings > Search tab, then just put the text you want to exclude in without asterisks.

For example, if you're searching the C:\ drive, but don't want to search any folders with "Program" in the name, just put "Program" in the Exclude Path box after enabling the setting above :)

Thanks! ]]> Can you use wildcards in the Exclude Path(s): dialog? https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/View/can-you-use-wildcards-in-the-exclude-paths-dialog/?ID=f82e2d91-1f9d-4762-9b74-100c39160a3d Thu, 12 Nov 2015 15:46:52 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.fileseek.ca/Discussions/View/can-you-use-wildcards-in-the-exclude-paths-dialog/?ID=f82e2d91-1f9d-4762-9b74-100c39160a3d FileSeek Can you use wildcards in the Exclude Path(s): dialog? If so, what are the rules on using wildcards there? Thanks so much - LOVE the product. ]]>