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 NOTE: Be sure to select the appropriate Add option (Folder or File) when adding an exclusion or you may not get the results expected. That is, use Add | Folder to exclude the auditing of activity against files/subfolders in folder(s) that match the exclusion string. Use Add | File to exclude the auditing of activity against file(s) that match the exclusion string.  | 
The following tables provide some examples of file masks that can be used on the Exclusions tab of the auditing wizard. Note that <String> in these tables may contain any of the file mask characters described above (i.e., fixed characters, * or ?).
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 NOTE: When the Auditing Path is All Shares, you cannot specify to exclude an individual share or folders/files found on an individual shares; you can only specify to exclude files and/or folders which may be found on all shares. Change Auditor automatically appends *\ to the beginning of all exclusion entries when the Audit Path is All Shares.  | 
In the following examples the Audit Path is C:\TEMP\.
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 Exclude activity against files/subfolders in the specified folder in the base audit path. (Add | Folder)  | 
 Exclusion Syntax: <FolderName> Example: DOCS Excludes:  | 
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 (Add | Folder)  | 
 Exclusion Syntax: **\<FolderName> Example: **\MYDOCS Excludes:  | 
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 Exclusion Syntax: <FolderNameString> Example 1: DOC* Folders whose name begins with ‘DOC’ which are located in the base audit path. HOME\TEMP\DOCS Example 2: **DOC Folders whose name ends in ‘DOC’ which may be located anywhere in the audit path. C:\TEMP\MYDOC Example 3: **DOC* Folders whose name contains ‘DOC’ which may be located anywhere in the audit path.  | 
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 Exclusion Syntax: **<CharString>* Example: **DOC* Excludes:  | 
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 Exclude activity against a specific file in the base audit path. (Add | File)  | 
 Exclusion Syntax: <FileName.Ext> Example: Test1.docx Excludes: C:\TEMP\Test1.docx  | 
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 (Add | File)  | 
 Exclusion Syntax: *.<Ext> Example: *.tmp Excludes:  | 
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 (Add | File)  | 
 Exclusion Syntax: **.<Ext> Example: **.tmp Excludes:  | 
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 (Add | File)  | 
 Exclusion Syntax: Example 1: ??word.??? Excludes: C:\TEMP\Myword.doc Example 2: *word*.??p Excludes:  | 
In the following examples, there are two drives: C and D.
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 NOTE: When the Auditing Path is All Drives, you cannot specify to exclude an individual drive or folders/files found on an individual drive; you can only specify to exclude files and/or folders which may be found on all drives. Change Auditor automatically appends *\ to the beginning of all exclusion entries when the Audit Path is All Drives.  | 
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 (Add | Folder)  | 
 Exclusion Syntax: **<Path>\<FolderName> Example: **USERS\TEMP\DOCS Excludes:  | 
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 (Add | Folder)  | 
 Exclusion Syntax: **\<FolderName> Example: **\DOCS Excludes:  | 
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 Exclusion Syntax: *<FolderNameString> Example: *DOC Excludes:  | |
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 (Add | Folder)  | 
 Exclusion Syntax: **<CharString>* Example: **DOC* Excludes:  | 
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 (Add | File)  | 
 Exclusion Syntax: **<CharString>* Example: **DOC* Excludes:  | 
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 (Add | File)  | 
 Exclusion Syntax: **<FileName>.* Entering: **test1.* Excludes:  | 
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 (Add | File)  | 
 Exclusion Syntax: *\<FileName>.* Entering: *\test1.* Excludes:  | 
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 (Add | File)  | 
 Exclusion Syntax: *.<Ext> Example: *.tmp Excludes:  | 
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 Exclude activity against all files with the specified file extension found anywhere on all drives. (Add | File)  | 
 Exclusion Syntax: **.<Ext> Example: **.pdf Excludes:  |