Difficulty with Exclusion

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cpwegener
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Difficulty with Exclusion

Post by cpwegener »

I think your software works very well and I love most of the features.

I am having difficulty using the exclusion features. I am trying to exclude all files that are in my lightroom catalog.
A typical name is: D:\Chris\My Pictures\Lightroom\Lightroom Catalog Previews.lrdata\6\6A22. When I use the exclusion '*\\Lightroom\\*' or '*Lightroom*" the file is still being parsed. I also cannot block the folder HDR Source.

What am I doing wrong?
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gpb
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Re: Difficulty with Exclusion

Post by gpb »

Hello,
your procedure is correct, in the Global Exclusion page enter:
*Lightroom* or *\\Lightroom\\* inside the text box labeled "File and folders containing", just avoid to enter quotes and if enter more than one exclusion separate them using a semicolon
*Lightroom*;*\\Lightroom\\*

One last note, if you have background files list synchronization enabled and gPhotoShow takes a while to scan all folder it is possible it stars displaying files in its old list and only after the scan is completed you will see the exclusion to work.
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cpwegener
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Re: Difficulty with Exclusion

Post by cpwegener »

Clearing the cache seems to have done the trick. Thanks for your prompt reply.
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