Support exclusion mask also for trees in the Search tool

[Jivan_Mukta]

I can't find a way of exclusion a certain tree in search tool except by marking
the tree and inverting the selection

But the better way will be something like this

Search in: C:\ | %WINDIR%;%ProgramFiles%

[sqa_wizard]

You can add a directory exclusion by adding it to "Search for" like:

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*.* | Windows\ "Program Files\"

[Jivan_Mukta]

When I type in 'Search for'
*.log | %WINDIR%\

it is the same like
*.log | C:\WINDOWS\

But 'Search for' exclusion doesn't work with full paths. That's the problem.

When the 'Search in' input suppose more than a single drive, then the drive letter specification in the exclusion mask may becomes important.
Here it is the example demonstrating the reason of my suggestion

Search for: *.mp3 | %$MYMUSIC%
Search in: C:\;D:\;...(all drives)

How to realize it?

The idea can be extended to the exclusion of of a network tree

... | \\somePC\someTree\...

It seems to me the natural place of a full path exclusion is in the 'Search in' input.

Search for: *.mp3
Search in: C:\;D:\;...(all drives) | %$MYMUSIC%

The complete improvement will also have to support 'Everything'.