diff --git a/tinyfilemanager.php b/tinyfilemanager.php
index c5a3e95e..400f3833 100644
--- a/tinyfilemanager.php
+++ b/tinyfilemanager.php
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 $favicon_path = '';
 
 // Files and folders to excluded from listing
-// e.g. array('myfile.html', 'personal-folder', '*.php', ...)
+// e.g. array('myfile.html', 'personal-folder', '*.php', '/path/to/folder', ...)
 $exclude_items = array();
 
 // Online office Docs Viewer
@@ -1334,7 +1334,7 @@ function get_file_path()
 $folders = array();
 $files = array();
 $current_path = array_slice(explode("/", $path), -1)[0];
-if (is_array($objects) && fm_is_exclude_items($current_path)) {
+if (is_array($objects) && fm_is_exclude_items($current_path, $path)) {
     foreach ($objects as $file) {
         if ($file == '.' || $file == '..') {
             continue;
@@ -1343,9 +1343,9 @@ function get_file_path()
             continue;
         }
         $new_path = $path . '/' . $file;
-        if (@is_file($new_path) && fm_is_exclude_items($file)) {
+        if (@is_file($new_path) && fm_is_exclude_items($file, $new_path)) {
             $files[] = $file;
-        } elseif (@is_dir($new_path) && $file != '.' && $file != '..' && fm_is_exclude_items($file)) {
+        } elseif (@is_dir($new_path) && $file != '.' && $file != '..' && fm_is_exclude_items($file, $new_path)) {
             $folders[] = $file;
         }
     }
@@ -1712,7 +1712,7 @@ function getSelected($l)
     $file = $_GET['view'];
     $file = fm_clean_path($file, false);
     $file = str_replace('/', '', $file);
-    if ($file == '' || !is_file($path . '/' . $file) || !fm_is_exclude_items($file)) {
+    if ($file == '' || !is_file($path . '/' . $file) || !fm_is_exclude_items($file, $path . '/' . $file)) {
         fm_set_msg(lng('File not found'), 'error');
         $FM_PATH = FM_PATH;
         fm_redirect(FM_SELF_URL . '?p=' . urlencode($FM_PATH));
@@ -1917,7 +1917,7 @@ class="edit-file"><i class="fa fa-pencil-square"></i> <?php echo lng('AdvancedEd
     $file = $_GET['edit'];
     $file = fm_clean_path($file, false);
     $file = str_replace('/', '', $file);
-    if ($file == '' || !is_file($path . '/' . $file) || !fm_is_exclude_items($file)) {
+    if ($file == '' || !is_file($path . '/' . $file) || !fm_is_exclude_items($file, $path . '/' . $file)) {
         fm_set_msg(lng('File not found'), 'error');
         $FM_PATH = FM_PATH;
         fm_redirect(FM_SELF_URL . '?p=' . urlencode($FM_PATH));
@@ -2664,12 +2664,13 @@ function fm_get_display_path($file_path)
 
 /**
  * Check file is in exclude list
- * @param string $file
+ * @param string $name The name of the file/folder
+ * @param string $path The full path of the file/folder
  * @return bool
  */
-function fm_is_exclude_items($file)
+function fm_is_exclude_items($name, $path)
 {
-    $ext = strtolower(pathinfo($file, PATHINFO_EXTENSION));
+    $ext = strtolower(pathinfo($name, PATHINFO_EXTENSION));
     if (isset($exclude_items) and sizeof($exclude_items)) {
         unset($exclude_items);
     }
@@ -2678,7 +2679,7 @@ function fm_is_exclude_items($file)
     if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '7.0.0', '<')) {
         $exclude_items = unserialize($exclude_items);
     }
-    if (!in_array($file, $exclude_items) && !in_array("*.$ext", $exclude_items)) {
+    if (!in_array($name, $exclude_items) && !in_array("*.$ext", $exclude_items) && !in_array($path, $exclude_items)) {
         return true;
     }
     return false;