# Common exclusions and inclusions from %APPDATA%

**URL:** https://forum.duplicati.com/t/common-exclusions-and-inclusions-from-appdata/807
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 24, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/common-exclusions-and-inclusions-from-appdata/807 "2017-09-24T22:20:48Z")
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### Author: ![kenkendk](https://forum.duplicati.com/user_avatar/forum.duplicati.com/kenkendk/32/5305_2.png) [@kenkendk](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/kenkendk)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2017, 10:05am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/common-exclusions-and-inclusions-from-appdata/807/14 "2017-10-31T10:05:46Z")

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> [@davegold](#):
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> Windows has a default exclusion list already, it is in the registry at HKEY\_LOCAL\_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\BackupRestore\FilesNotToBackup
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> I posted the question on the forums, but this might be a good way to generate the list instead of having a manually generated one. Or in addition…

I made an addition for it here:

> <https://github.com/duplicati/duplicati/commit/2ff3fa6a8d56bc1b5d7900cc2348e9e71fe730df>

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