Is there any chance to exclude folders from windows search with cmd?

Question

Hello, someone genius.

I really want to know this and make a batch file.

A batch file. So I need to know how to exclude folders from windows search with cmd.

At least I want to know if this is possible or not.

Thanks for your answer, genius.

Answer 1

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query.

Kindly follow the steps provided below to resolve your issue.

To exclude a specific folder’s contents, along with subfolders and their contents, the path to that folder can be specified with a minus sign as in this example syntax:

-folder:(C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\chart graphing)

If you know that the folder has a unique name within the full area that you are searching, then you can leave off most of the path, as in:

-folder:(chart graphing)

If you instead want to permit searching inside of subfolders of such a folder, while still excluding files that are immediately inside of that folder, then use:

-foldername:(chart graphing)

You can use multiple instances of the syntax to exclude more than one folder.

Go to this link for your reference and other troubleshooting procedures https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-do-exclude-folders-from-windows-search/58f845f6-d6fa-449e-a921-52be453038f1

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