How to exclude files beginning with a dot (OneDrive)?

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hotcore

Hi, OneDrive appears to have a special file named (on my PC) .849C9593-D756-4E56-8D6E-42412F2A707B which is a (H) hidden and a (S) system file in Windows.

FreeFileSync pops-up on this file because it cannot copy it.

So, I'd like to exclude it.

Given the syntax for excludes I was not able to do it.

Any ideas?
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Zenju

Just right-click on the file and use FFS's context menu to set the exclude filter.
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hotcore

Hi, I don't see a context menu for FFS in Explorer!

Still I could work around it, because it appeared to be an open file.
So now I run the back-up as Administrator and FFS creates a VSS first.

Thx!
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Zenju

Not in Explorer, in FreeFileSync.
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hotcore

OK.Thx!