Files and Folders View

AdminStudio 2021 | 21.0 | Repackager

Edition:This feature is available in AdminStudio Standard, Professional, and Enterprise Editions.

From the Files and Folders view, you can examine information about each captured file, selectively exclude files or directories from the package you are creating, or reinclude files that you previously excluded. You can also add files or directories to the global exclusion list, or remove them from the list.

The upper pane displays the number of files captured and how many of these files will be excluded from the Windows Installer package when built. The lower-left pane provides a tree from which you can see where files will be installed and the names of the files.

When you select a file from the tree, the lower-right pane displays attributes for that file. These attributes are:

File Attributes

Attribute

Description

Name

The file's name.

Size

The file's size in bytes.

Version

The file's version.

Short Name

The short name for the file (if the file's author defined it).

Language

The file's language.

Excluding Files and Subdirectories

To specify which files and subdirectories you want to include in the package, use the Exclude, Exclude All, Include, Include All, Add to Exclusions, and Remove from Exclusions commands on the shortcut menu:

Excluding Files and Subdirectories

Category

To ...

Right-click on ...

Select on shortcut menu ...

Project Exclusions

Exclude a captured file

File you want to exclude

Exclude 

Exclude captured files within a directory

Directory containing the files you want to exclude

Exclude (to exclude only the files in the selected directory)

or

Exclude All (to exclude all of the files in the selected directory and all of its subdirectories)

Include a captured file that had previously been excluded

File you want to include

Include 

Include captured files within a directory that had previously been excluded

Directory containing the files you want to include

Include (to include only the files in the selected directory)

or

Include All (to include all of the files in the selected directory and all of its subdirectories).

Global Exclusion List

Add a captured file to the global exclusions list

File you want to add to the global exclusions list

Add to Exclusions 

Add captured files within a directory to the global exclusions list

Directory containing the files you want to add to the global exclusion list

Add to Exclusions 

You will be prompted to indicate whether you want to also exclude files in subdirectories of the selected directory.

Remove a captured file that had previously been added to the global exclusions list

File you want to remove

Remove from Exclusions 

Remove captured files within a directory that had previously been added to the global exclusions list

Directory containing the files you want to remove from the global exclusion list

Remove from Exclusions