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