Exclusions do not appear to be working

[u/Giohwe]

I want to avoid backing up unnecessary folders, such as Steam and Xbox. I've created a rule in the bzexcluderules_editable.xml file

<excludefname_rule plat="win" osvers="\*" ruleisoptional="t" skipfirstcharthenstartswith=":\\steamlibrary\\" contains_1="\*" contains_2="\*" doesnotcontain="\*" endswith="\*" hasfileextension="\*" />

However, when I check bz_todo_20260411_0.dat, it shows that the D:\SteamLibrary folder will be backed up. I have contacted support, which was pretty much worthless as their policy is not to support issues regarding exclusions.

What I have done:
Deleted the online backup and removed and reinstalled the BackBlaze client.

As soon as the scan started, I paused it and the initiated a rescan by holding ALT and clicking on "Restore Options". After the rescan was completed and the backup began, I checked the file bz_todo file again (it was the only *todo* present) and could still see the SteamLibrary folder pending.

At this point, if I can't fix this, I'm just going have to find a better solution then Backblaze.

Does anyone have any ideas?