Notepad++ find in files filter EXCLUDE

Question

I'm looking for a way to get n++'s find in files dialog to exclude certain files...

the only reference I've found so far is this http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=536795&group_id=189927 , but, unfortunately, it doesn't work.

I'm using *[^*.dll] to, I think, search for everything BUT dll files.

How can I resolve this ?

Thanks

Answer 1

Note, as of December 5th, 2019, Notepad++ 7.8.2 now supports exclude filters.

For example to exclude exe, zip and jar files, your 'find in files' filter will look like this;

*.* !*.exe !*.zip !*.jar

Relevant code change here.

Answer 2

not that its a GOOD answer, but, what I've found that works is this

*.sql ; *.asp ; *.html ; *.as ; *.mxml 

Its definitely not an 'exclude' list, but, by including all the types I need to look at, I get the same result. In my case, I've only got those handfuls of types that I look for often. If your set was wider, this would become even less useful.