If you’ve poked around System Ninja’s Scan Exclusions settings; you’ve probably noticed how simple it is to ignore specific files or folders from being detected during a scan. If you need more flexibility and control; System Ninja allows you to manually modify the scan settings.
The New ‘Edit As Text’ Feature
System Ninja 2.3.5 lets you edit the ignore list as text; allowing you to input more complex exclusion rules. You can active this feature by pressing the “Edit As Text” button on the Scan Exlusions tab.
How does it work
System Ninja’s scan exclusion functionality uses string comparison. Each file detected by the scanning engine is compared to the exclusion list. If any part of that file’s path or file description is contained within the exclusion list; it will be ignored.
If you added “Example\J” to the exclusion list; the following file would be ignored.
C:\Program Files\Example\Junk Data\history.tmp
The same rule applies to file classifications. Adding the word “Chrome” to the exclusion list would ignore all file detections containing the word ‘Chrome,’ such as “Google Chrome Cache.” This also applies to cleaning rules obtained through CleanSync.
Examples
Ignoring Specific File Extensions
Add the file extension you wish to ignore on a new line. Do not add an asterisk (*) before the entry; just a period. Eg:
.extension
Partial Filename/Filepaths
This would ignore all folders called \ExampleDir\ in the root folder of all disk drives attached to the PC:
:\ExampleDir\
Specific Program Categories
You could exclude all applications that contain a specific word. In this example; simply adding the word “Google” would ignore all installed programs that were created by Google.
Individual NinjaScript Entries
We’ve added an interface to ignore cleaning rules added to System Ninja through our CleanSync technology. Simply press the “Specific Program” button and select the entries you wish to exclude.
