Exclude folders during capture and restore with USMT

Question

Hi, 
As of now i am using default configuration for USMT to do capture and restore. Its USMT 5.0 (ADK 8.0)for xp -win7 and USMT 6.3 (ADK 8.1) for win7-win7. I want to exclude some folder during capture and restore. Can anyone point me to right direction which files
to modify and how to use files  with USMT once modified ?
Its a offline(Winpe)  hardlink migration .
Any pointers will be appreciated. Thanks
Regards,

Answer 1

yes and you can make it an unconditional exclude also, or conditional if that suits you better, (for example if C:\Data\Temp exists, then exclude it...)
here's some examples of that
<!-- UnconditionalExclude SECTION -->
    <component type="Documents" context="System">
        <displayName _locID="miguser.userdata">Common Exclusions</displayName>
        <role role="Data">
            <rules>
                <unconditionalExclude>
                    <objectSet>
                        <!--We are trying to remove system files from other windows installation on the same machine-->
                        <!-- I've moved the unconditional excludes for the WINDOWS dir to EXCLUDES due to wallpaper requirements  -->
                        <pattern type="File">%CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES%\* [*]</pattern>
                        <pattern type="File">%CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILESX86%\* [*]</pattern>
                        <pattern type="File">%CSIDL_DEFAULT_INTERNET_CACHE%\* [*]</pattern>
                        <pattern type="File">C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\* [*]</pattern>
                        <pattern type="File">%CSIDL_WINDOWS%\Media\* [*]</pattern>
                        <pattern type="File">C:\Drivers\*[*]</pattern>
                        <pattern type="File">C:\MININT\*[*]</pattern>
                    </objectSet>
                </unconditionalExclude>
            </rules>
        </role>
    </component>
<!-- Conditional exclude section -->        
        <component type="Documents" context="System">
        <displayName _locID="miguser.userdata">Conditional D Drive Exclusion</displayName>
        <role role="Data">
            <rules>
                <conditions>
                    <condition>MigXmlHelper.DoesObjectExist("File","D:\User State Migration Tool")</condition>
                </conditions>
                <unconditionalExclude>
                    <objectSet>
                        <pattern type="File">D:\* [*]</pattern>
                    </objectSet>
                </unconditionalExclude>
            </rules>
        </role>
    </component>
    <component type="Documents" context="System">
        <displayName _locID="miguser.userdata">Conditional E Drive Exclusion</displayName>
        <role role="Data">
            <rules>
                <conditions>
                    <condition>MigXmlHelper.DoesObjectExist("File","E:\User State Migration Tool")</condition>
                </conditions>
                <unconditionalExclude>
                    <objectSet>
                        <pattern type="File">E:\* [*]</pattern>
                    </objectSet>
                </unconditionalExclude>
            </rules>
        </role>
    </component>
    <component type="Documents" context="System">
        <displayName _locID="miguser.userdata">Conditional F Drive Exclusion</displayName>
        <role role="Data">
            <rules>
                <conditions>
                    <condition>MigXmlHelper.DoesObjectExist("File","F:\User State Migration Tool")</condition>
                </conditions>
                <unconditionalExclude>
                    <objectSet>
                        <pattern type="File">F:\* [*]</pattern>
                    </objectSet>
                </unconditionalExclude>
            </rules>
        </role>
    </component>
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