<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Skip certain extensions in File Search]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">I have a project that has files I know will not have what I’m searching for and would like to skip those files while doing a search. All the files that I would like to skip all have a specific extension. How do I filter for that?</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/17672/skip-certain-extensions-in-file-search</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 10:45:23 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/17672.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2019 14:44:31 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Skip certain extensions in File Search on Tue, 21 May 2019 15:18:09 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/uid/15335">@Dandello2000</a></p>
<p dir="auto">So there is one extension you want to skip; but how many different ones are there to include?  If a small number, the obvious solution is to exclude the one you don’t want by including all those you do want.</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/43657</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/43657</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Kilborn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2019 15:18:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Skip certain extensions in File Search on Tue, 21 May 2019 15:07:51 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/uid/15335">@Dandello2000</a></p>
<p dir="auto">Unfortunately AFAIK it is not possible to exclude certain file types from Notepad++'s “Search in Files” feature. But you could use <em>grepWin</em> for that. It can be customized to open a search result in Notepad++. Since it is even possible to call Notepad++ with the line number it should jump to as a command line parameter, you will feel very comfortable with this solution.</p>
<p dir="auto"><em>grepWin</em>’s homepage is <a href="https://tools.stefankueng.com/grepWin.html" rel="nofollow ugc">&gt;&gt;&gt; here &lt;&lt;&lt;</a> and it can be downloaded <a href="https://github.com/stefankueng/grepWin/releases/tag/1.9.1" rel="nofollow ugc">&gt;&gt;&gt; from here &lt;&lt;&lt;</a>.</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/43655</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/43655</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[dinkumoil]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2019 15:07:51 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>