Paragon SYSTEM Backup 10.5

How can I make a mask to exclude E:\DOWNLOADS? The setting options seems to want only files, and not folders, in spite of the fact that the dialogue windows says "files and folders". When I put in "E:\DOWNLOADS" (which is 130GB) as an exclude mask, it doesen't change the size of the required space at all....:-(....How do I write up a mask in order for the backup to know that it should exclude the Downloads folder on my E drive (which is a regular folder in E:---I do not use libraries)?

 

Please have a look at this thread:
https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=299668

mask E:\DOWNLOADS\*.* should skip all files from the directory.

 

Hmmmm, I wonder if this compounded by younger folks who never used DOS and similar OSes? Using *.* and variants was as common as using the Windows' START button.

 

Thanks. I'll give that a try and report back. You've done it a bit differently from the way they did it in the other thread....Should it be \* or \*.*? If either, isn't the shortest the best?

 

Either younger or very old, like me (64 years old) who didn't get a computer till way after DOS........