applepi Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Application: CCleaner 3.18.1707 OS: Windows XP Pro (SP3) Bug: An inclusion-rule takes precedence over an exlusion-rule when the exclusion-rule is applied to a folder that does not contain any files or sub-folders. Steps to reproduce: 1. Create a root folder anywhere. (e.g. C:\MY_ROOT_FOLDER\) 2. Create a file within the root folder. (e.g. C:\MY_ROOT_FOLDER\WITHIN_ROOT.txt) 3. Create a sub-folder within the root folder. (e.g. C:\MY_ROOT_FOLDER\MY_SUB_FOLDER\) 4. Create a file within the sub-folder. (e.g. C:\MY_ROOT_FOLDER\MY_SUB_FOLDER\WITHIN_SUB.txt) The folder structure resembles the following: C:\MY_ROOT_FOLDER\ | +---WITHIN_ROOT.txt | +---C:\MY_ROOT_FOLDER\MY_SUB_FOLDER\ | +---WITHIN_SUB.txt 5. Inside CCleaner, create an exclusion-rule for "C:\MY_ROOT_FOLDER\MY_SUB_FOLDER\" - Check "Drive or Folder" - Check "All Files" (under File Types) 6. Inside CCleaner, create an inclusion-rule for "C:\MY_ROOT_FOLDER\" - Check "Drive or Folder" - Check "All Files" (under File Types) - Select "Include files and subfolders" The way the rules are intended to be setup is that I want CCleaner to remove any file or sub-folder that appears under "C:\MY_ROOT_FOLDER\", however, I want "C:\MY_ROOT_FOLDER\MY_SUB_FOLDER\" to be protected from removal whether or not it contains a file or any sub-folders below it. So let's run CCleaner with these rules. Great! It seemingly worked as it should. It did not remove "C:\MY_ROOT_FOLDER\MY_SUB_FOLDER\" or the text file contained within it. Now, lets see how the rules perform if we trash "WITHIN_SUB.txt" making "C:\MY_ROOT_FOLDER\MY_SUB_FOLDER\" empty. So I manually remove "WITHIN_SUB.txt" making sure "C:\MY_ROOT_FOLDER\MY_SUB_FOLDER\" is indeed empty. While the folder *is* empty I'm hoping the exclusion-rule will protect it from being removed. So let's run CCleaner again. This time, "C:\MY_ROOT_FOLDER\MY_SUB_FOLDER\" gets removed. The exclusion-rule has failed me and the inclusion-rule for the parent folder took precedence and removed this folder anyway. The exclusion-rule only seems to be ignored if there are no files or sub-folders inside of "C:\MY_ROOT_FOLDER\MY_SUB_FOLDER\". What I'd like to see: If an exclusion-rule is setup for a folder, don't allow for the folder's removal (via inclusive-rules) regardless of whether or not it contains any files or sub-folders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MrT Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Thanks, we'll look into this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MrT Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 You have to create an exclusion for the folder itself: D:\MY_ROOT_FOLDER\MY_SUB_FOLDER or for example using wildcards: D:\MY_ROOT_FOLDER\*FOLDER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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