How to exclude certain subfolders and files from processing?

I have the following directory structure:

Code: Select all: Podcasts Podcast 1 Backlog Archive Podcast 2 Backlog Archive ... Podcast n Backlog Archive

I would like to process the files in all the "Podcast 1, 2,.." folders and their respective "Backlog" folders, but ignore the "Archive" folders and their files.

I have read the sticky about going into the subfolders, but I cannot figure out how to set up the rules to ignore the "Archive" folders. A separate rule to ignore all folders named "Archive" (the first after "Run rules on subfolders") seems to have no effect.

I would be grateful if someone could point me in the right direction.

Adding "Name is not Archive" to the subfolder rule should help. If you want to go the route of using your ignore rule, you need to put it before the subfolder rule, not after.

Thank you Mr. Noodle. I have finally got it working.

For the benefit of others who might come across such a problem, here is my working rule:

Code: Select all: For folder "Podcasts" Rule 1: If all of the following conditions are met Kind is Folder Run rules on folder contents Rule 2: If all of the following conditions are met If all of the following conditions are met for: its enclosing folder Name is not "Archive" Kind is Document Extension is "mp3" Move to folder "Temp"