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It should probably come as no surprise that their are certain files I don't want to appear there EVER. How do I get OSX Lion to ignore specific folders for it's "All My Files" feature?

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Put them somewhere else. runs – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Aug 12 '11 at 1:49
What part of "all my files" don't you understand? :) – Spiff Mar 19 at 16:21
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Figured it out

Go the System Preferences->Spotlight->Privacy

Drag in the folders you don't want indexed. They get removed from the "All My Files" feature

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This would work, but is a little bit of overkill.

If you Ctrl-Click on "All My Files" in the Finder window, you can edit the search that "All My Files" does without changing your Spotlight preferences.

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