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Configure File Scan Task for Windows Agent

Use the Windows Settings tab to configure the file scan collect task for Windows agents.

To configure file scan collect task for Windows agent

1. Select the drives, files, and other important folders, which the file scan can collect, from the drop-down list. You can also specify wildcard expressions to scan a particular type of file such as *.doc.

   Note: File scan cannot retrieve files from directories for which the user is denied access to. If the asset management agent is configured to file scan a network drive, the agent must be installed to run under the same user account that maps the network drive.

2. Click Add to add the selected drives, files, and folders to the Source list.

   The Source list displays the sources that the file scan should include or exclude while scanning.

3. Specify the appropriate actions for the selected source:

   Remove

   Removes the selected item from the Source list and does not scan it any longer.

   Include

   Includes the selected item for scanning. Selecting an item that is set to exclude, includes it in scanning.

   Exclude

   Excludes the selected item from scanning. Selecting an item that is set to include, excludes it from scanning.

4. Select Ignore empty directories to ignore empty directories when performing the scan.

   Select Ignore non executable files to ignore non-executable files such as *.txt, *.doc when performing the scan. Click OK.