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title: Exclusion Item Dialog Box
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# Exclusion Item Dialog Box


Use the **Exclusion Item** dialog box to assign or change a mapping rule and to assign or change an expression for exclusion. This dialog box contains the following elements.

**Important**  
Adding files from an excluded directory to the virtual files system is not supported.

 

<a href="" id="exclude-path"></a>**Exclude Path**  
Use to specify variable name that the Application Virtualization Sequencer will exclude if encountered while parsing virtual file system items or virtual registry items.

<a href="" id="mapping-type"></a>**Mapping Type**  
Use to select the mapping rules the Application Virtualization Sequencer will apply to parse items in the virtual file system or virtual registry. One of the following values can occur:

-   VRG—Specifies that this mapping rule applies when parsing an item in the virtual registry.

-   VFS—Specifies that this mapping rule applies when parsing an item in the virtual file system.

-   VRG & VFS—Specifies that this mapping rule applies when parsing an item in either the virtual file system or the virtual registry.

## Related topics


[Sequencer Dialog Boxes](sequencer-dialog-boxes.md)