Use the Specify Inclusions and Exclusions page page of the Create New Protection Group Wizard to specify the folders to include or exclude for protection and file types that you want to exclude on the selected computers.

This page contains the elements described in the following table.

Elements

Name Description

Enter the Folder Path

Specify the folders to include or exclude for protection on the selected computers from the drop-down list box or type in the specific paths. Type the folder names in the Folder column using variables such as %programfiles%, or you can use the exact folder name.

Rule

Select the Include or Exclude option for each entry in the Rule column. To automatically back up a folder from the selected computers, select the Include option.

To disallow backup of folders from the selected computers, select the Exclude option.

Important
If you have folder a selected with the Exclude option that has a subfolder selected with the Include option, no data is backed up. However, if you have selected a folder that has the Include option that has a subfolder selected with the Exclude option, the folder will be backed up but its subfolder will not be backed up.

Add Rows

Click Add to add a new rule for folder inclusions and exclusions to the drop-down list box.

Remove Rows

Click Remove to remove selected rules or typed paths from the drop-down list box.

Allow users to specify protection members

Click this check box to let your end users add more folders on the computer that they want to backup.

Note
To enable this check box, you must select at least one folder that has the Include option set in the Rule column.

File type exclusions

Under File type exclusions, type the file types to exclude using their file name extensions separated by commas.

Note
The selected file types will not be backed up even if they are included in a folder that has the Include option or in a folder added by end-users.

After specifying the folders to include or exclude for protection and file types that you want to exclude on the selected computers, click Next to continue.

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