Rule to delete filetypes not working

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Rule to delete filetypes not working Mon Feb 15, 2021 9:22 am • by mikejandreau
Since upgrading to v5, one of my rules consistently doesn't run. It's part of a larger group of rules, which all do run.

Screenshot of Rules: https://cln.sh/DLFXiH
Screenshot of Files that should be deleted by the Rule: https://cln.sh/y5sfVY

I can't see anything that'd prevent the rule from running. Anyone see anytying I'm missing?

Edit: If I preview the Rule, it matches both of those files.
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Re: Rule to delete filetypes not working Mon Feb 15, 2021 12:08 pm • by Mr_Noodle
Please go through the full troubleshooting guide here: https://www.noodlesoft.com/kb/hazel-tro ... ing-guide/
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Re: Rule to delete filetypes not working Mon Feb 15, 2021 1:11 pm • by mikejandreau
I found the issue in the log.

A previous Rule was trying to run a script against the files. So I think the file was locked idefinitely, preventing the other rule from deleting them.

I excluded .txt and .exe from the other rule and the Delete rule ran right away.
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