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Create New Release/Suite Dialog: Exclude Options Tab

The Exclude Options tab lets you select the folders and files that must be ignored by the Unknown software scan with regard to the selected software definition. You can specify this option for the releases, patches, and suites of the CA-Provided and custom definitions.

This tab contains the following fields:

Exclude Current Folder

Excludes all the executable files found in the folder where the recognized application executable is found.

Example

In C:\Program Files\ca\DSM\bin, dsmgui.exe is the main executable file. This folder contains other executable files. If you do not want to detect these files as unknown files, select this option.

Exclude Sub Folders

Excludes executable files found in the subfolder of the recognized application executable folder. This option is enabled when you select Exclude Current Folder option.

Additional Exclude Folder

Defines the specific folders that you want to exclude in the Unknown scan. These folders must be located under the recognized application executable folder.

Exclude Files

Defines the specific executable files that you want to exclude in the Unknown scan. Separate such files with a comma.