Norton deleting files in excluded folders

I have some .exe's and .dll's that I know are safe in a excluded folder, excluded from scans and "Auto-Protect, SONAR, and Download Intelligence Detection", that keep being deleted, even after I've successfully run them. They don't show up in quarantine and I can't restore them. Is there any way to have Norton completely ignore these files? I'm getting incredibly angry about this and I'm just about to find a different anti-virus.