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title: "Directory and file scan"
slug: "go-endpoint-manager-windows-scan-1"
updated: 2026-03-04T12:03:48Z
published: 2026-03-04T14:36:49Z
canonical: "docs.senhasegura.io/go-endpoint-manager-windows-scan-1"
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# Directory and file scan

This feature allows the administrator to register configurations to scan directories and files to monitor inclusions, changes, and exclusions made by a user.

## **Create general or workstation rules**

1. Access the Segura® platform.
2. Go to **EPM ➔ Policies ➔ Windows ➔ Directory and file scan.**
3. Click on the **Actions(⁝)** menu.
4. Choose between **General rule** or **Segregation for the workstation**.
5. Fill in the fields of the **Directory and file scan section**.
6. In the **General** tab, enter:
  - **Name:** define a name for this rule.
  - **Status:** define whether the rule will be active or not.
  - **Path of directories:** the folder or file you want to scan. E.g.: C:\windows\System32.
  - **File name or regular expression:** the file name you want to scan or a regular expression.
  - **Registered paths:** list with added paths, files, and regular expressions.

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To search for a file, include the file name. To search for folders, include the folder name. You can use regular expressions to search for files.

## **Directory and file scan events**

1. Access the Segura® platform.
2. Go to **EPM➔Report➔Windows➔Events.**

Four actions are audited in events:

- **Inclusion:** the creation of a file.
- **Rename:** rename an existing file.
- **Delete:** delete an existing file.
- **Change:** the username System will be applied to all change records.

## **Ignore the directory in the application scan**

This feature sets added directories aside in the Core Run menu scan.

### **Register directories to be ignored**

1. Access the Segura® platform.
2. Go to **EPM➔Settings➔Parameters➔EPM Windows.**
3. Go to **Directory to be ignored.**
4. Register the **Directory path** you want to set aside in the scan.
5. Click **Save.**