Exclude folder problem

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smear...@gmail.com

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Jan 9, 2016, 9:19:25 AM1/9/16
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New to fastcopy and been trying to use it to do an incremental backup and have set a number of folders in the exclude filter which seemed to be working but noticed I had forgotten one so added it to the list but fastcopy keeps including the last folder I tried to exclude when I click on 'listing'.
Is there some way of removing all the paths I have entered and starting again to see if that helps.
I am mixing directories from two different drives in the 'source' and in the 'exclude' filter and I have been reading the help and wondered if it is something to do with 'relative paths' but don't really understand them.

Hiroaki SHIROUZU

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Jan 10, 2016, 5:14:30 AM1/10/16
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Please describe in easy english, I couldn't understand your point that you want to tell.
If using short sentence, enumeration of the points, and examples for details, I will understand your point.

If it was modified include/exclude field in running, it only affects after stopping and re-running.
Relative path is this.

If you don't understand it, I recommend not to use mutiple sources, and to use listing button for confirm.

smear...@gmail.com

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Jan 10, 2016, 9:02:50 AM1/10/16
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Hope this is OK.

Put 'D:\' in source box.
Put G:\ in Destdir
Put 'D:\Unwanted' in the exclude filter box and tried 'list' but fastcopy is still showing '+D:\Unwanted' in the output list.

Hiroaki SHIROUZU

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Jan 10, 2016, 11:54:48 AM1/10/16
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I see.

If you set \Unwanted\ in the exclude filter, you will get the results that you want.

The points are two.

 1. If you want to specify as directory in the filter, it requires \ character to the end of path.

 2. If you want to specify only to affect top-child-directory, it requires \ character to the top of path.
  (If you set Unwanted\ (not \Unwanted\) in the exclude filter, all Unwanted directories will be excluded.
   For example,  D:\Unwanted\, D:\subdir\Unwanted\, and more)

smear...@gmail.com

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Jan 10, 2016, 12:08:35 PM1/10/16
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OK, thanks for your help.
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