wschloss wrote:Perhaps I misunderstand how it's supposed to work. Here's what I am doing:
SyncBackFree Profile; “FrequentChangers” with many filter includes like *\*\*.xl?? , and \bill\*\*.* and many excludes like *\*\*.exe , *\*\*.vm?? , and *\RECYCLER\ .
Then I check “Do Not Use Filters” and go back and select ALL files/folders by checking “ \ ” . Fine, except now I have ALL files/folders selected unfiltered.
Return to filters and turn back on by unchecking “Do Not Use Filters” which prompts me to confirm exclusions. To select them all is very tedious so I choose “Yes to all” BUT then when I drill down I find, for instance, LOTS of .xls and .xlsx files are STILL DESELECTED which is obviously NOT what I want.
Arghh. Please help. Thanks.
Most probably it's because you didn't set your Filter rules correctly... Did you mention this before (the filtering aspect) when requesting for help (I can't recall)...?
But note that the program is just selecting/de-selecting whatever filter rules you have told it to, so if it's not working the way it should, it's probably to do with your rules.
More info on how Filters and De/Selection dialogs relate to each other is detailed here:
http://www.2brightsparks.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=11006
Have you read the Help file on how Filtering works?