Add support for regular expressions on Exclude option

[instigator]

That'll be a killing feature. Example, I want to exclude all the files who start with a single ".,$,%", because most of the times this files/folders are not directly use by the user, but I don't want to exclude files/folders who start with "...,etc", in that scenenario a regexp filter is the solution.
Hope you understand this need and add this awesome feature.

[void]

I will consider regex excludes, but for now is it possible to use wildcards?

Try adding the following folder filter in the exclude option page:

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$*

[TTTTII]

I realize this is an older thread, but it seems your regex engine still doesn't include an exclude. This would be extremely useful, though I realize not many know regexes well so it may not be a big priority for you. Any other additions to the engine would be great as well.

I do appreciate that support which you do offer for them. And thank you again for a fantastic tool.

[void]

Added regex support for exclude filters in Everything 819b or later.

To use regex, prefix your filter with regex:
For example, to exclude filenames starting with foo:
regex:^foo

[harryray2]

A bit confused, isn't regex:^ used to find start of filename?

Thanks...

[void]

With regex, ^ matches the start of the filename. Where have I lost you, I might be able to help.

My example is not the best, something more practical might be excluding the recycle bin on volumes D-Z:
regex:^[D-Z]:\$RECYCLE.BIN

[horst.epp]

A bit confused, isn't regex:^ used to find start of filename?

Thanks...

Yes it is, but we are talking about the exclude list !