How to Filter Out explorer.exe Searches from Netwrix Alerts?

We are trying to reduce noise from Netwrix Alerts when users perform searches in a monitored folder. These alerts often show: Process: C:\Windows\explorer.exe

However, the files are never actually opened or read by the user (Adobe, Word, Excel, etc.)—only searched via Windows Explorer.
Is there a way to modify the alert filter so that it ignores events where the process is C:\Windows\explorer.exe? We only want alerts for actual file access, not simple searches.
Any guidance or best practices for filtering out these benign events would be greatly appreciated!

Hi David,

There are two options available:

  1. Exclude these from collections using omitstoreprocesslist.txt as described in this article: File Servers Monitoring Scope | Netwrix Product Documentation
  2. Filter those in Alerts by using Details Does not contain “Process: C:\Windows\explorer.exe“:

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Best Regards,

Roman

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