How to search files of a certain extension UNLESS they are in a certain folder?

[harryray2]

How does this work for subfolders and folders with a space?


regex:^(?!d:\\misc\\).*\.lnk$ works, but what if I want it to work for:
d:\all misc\
d:\misc\all misc

[void]

Spaces are treated as literal in exclude filters.

For example:
regex:^(?!d:\\all misc\\).*\.lnk$

[harryray2]

Apologies, I should have said in search as opposed to the exclude filters

[void]

Please use double quotes (") to escape spaces in a search:

For example:
regex:"^(?!d:\\all misc\\).*\.lnk$"

[harryray2]

Thanks, I was putting the double quotes in the wrong place.

How about for sub folders? Just in the to delete folder:
D:\new folder (2)\to delete

And all folders underneath to delete:
D:\new folder (2)\to delete\folder 1\folder 2\

[void]

subfolders are included by default, if you don't want subfolders, please try the following:

regex:"^(?!D:\\new folder (2)\\to delete\\[^\\]*\.lnk$)"



This is easier without regex:

!*.lnk | "D:\new folder (2)\to delete\*.lnk"
(no subfolders)

!*.lnk | "D:\new folder (2)\to delete\**.lnk"
(subfolders)