Include and Exclude lists

Before Transparent Wiping starts working administrator can configure it so that only selected files will be wiped and the rest will be just deleted.

The following dialog window is used for file list management:

There are two ways to include or exclude files - by file name and by the application (or system process) that launches the deletion. These two ways are implemented through File name filter and Application filter. With the commands Add file, Add folder and Add pattern (which are available through right-click menu) users can add items in these lists. The pattern items may contain asterisk (*) which means any sequence of symbols.

After putting the desired items, there are four lists:

Items included by file name
Items excluded by file name
Items included by application name
Items excluded by application name

THE MAIN RULE: a file will be wiped only if it matches both included pattern and does not match both excluded patterns.

The default configuration is:

Included file name list: *
Excluded file name list: empty
Included application list: *
Excluded application list: empty

In such configuration all the deleted files are wiped. To return back to default configuration - click Reset to default button.