Forfiles commands?

[xendistar]

I want to use the forfile command in a batch file to delete a lot of files which are older than X days (files are added on a daily basis so the batch file will be run daily), these files are spread out through 14 seperate sub folders but there are two sub folders that I don't want forfiles to check. I want to use the /s syntax to make forfiles search recursesively through the (14) subfolders but how can I stop forfiles from checking the 2 subfolders I don't want it to check (moving the 2 sub folders is not an option). The only other way I can think of is to not use the /s syntax and write each path individually, does anybody know of an alternative way??

[Irene]

Sorry, I don't personally have any knowledge, but I wondered if anything here might help:

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/cc753551.aspx

[xendistar]

I have seen that page and there is nothing on there to suggest that there is a don't look here option to go with the /s option. I am hoping that there are some hidden options that are not normally listed.

Thanks for your helps though

[Irene]

One suggestion in this thread is to make the files you want to preserve 'read-only':
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/536109/command-line-to-recursively-delete-files-but-excluding-a-certain-file

[LoganeMilligan]

You should go with these links, It will surely help you:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23318731/how-to-use-multiple-commands-in-batch-using-forfiles-command

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753551.aspx