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    Exclude configuration

    Files/folders can be excluded based on File/folder local path, file type, process name, and user name by using the Exclude Configuration setting.

    Log in to ADAudit Plus' web console → Go to the File Audit tab, navigate to the left pane, click on Configuration and then on Exclude Configuration → Choose to exclude by File/Folder local path, File Type, Process Name, or Users → Click on '+', and configure the necessary settings.

    Configure event log settings

    Example scenarios, to exclude by File/Folder local path:

    Objective To exclude a folder and all of its subfolders and files
    Share configured
    Share path Local path
    \\SERVER_NAME\share_name C:\sharefolder
    Path of folder that is to be excluded C:\sharefolder\excludefolder
    File/Folder or Regex Patterns File/Folder Patterns
    Syntax
    • C:\sharefolder\excludefolder
    • C:\sharefolder\excludefolder\*
    What will get excluded
    • C:\sharefolder\excludefolder
    • C:\sharefolder\excludefolder\folder
    • C:\sharefolder\excludefolder\files.txt
    • C:\sharefolder\excludefolder\folder\files.txt
    What won''t get excluded
    Objective To exclude "AppData" folder for every user profile
    Share and folder path \\SERVER_NAME\Users C:\Users
    Path of folder that is to be excluded C:\Users\user1\AppData
    File/Folder or Regex Patterns Regex Patterns
    Syntax C:\\Users\\[^\\]*\\AppData
    What will get excluded
    • C:\Users\user1\AppData
    • C:\Users\user2\AppData
    • C:\Users\user1\AppData\subfolder
    • C:\Users\user2\AppData\subfolder
    What won''t get excluded
    • C:\Users\user1\subfolder\AppData
    • C:\Users\user2\subfolder\AppData
    Objective To exclude files from a specific folder but audit all subfolders and its contents
    Share and folder path \\SERVER_NAME\share_name C:\sharefolder
    Path of folder that is to be excluded C:\sharefolder\excludefolder
    File/Folder or Regex Patterns Regex Patterns
    Syntax ^C:\\sharefolder\\excludefolder\\[^\\]*\.[^\\]*$
    What will get excluded
    • C:\sharefolder\excludefolder\file.txt
    • C:\sharefolder\excludefolder\folder.withDot
    What won''t get excluded
    • C:\sharefolder\excludefolder
    • C:\sharefolder\excludefolder\folderWithoutDot
    • C:\sharefolder\excludefolder\folderWithoutDot\subfolder
    • C:\sharefolder\excludefolder\folderWithoutDot\testfile.txt
    • C:\sharefolder\excludefolder\folder.withDot\subfolder
    • C:\sharefolder\excludefolder\folder.withDot\testfile.txt

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