.htaccess rule that's effecting subfolders

I have a rule which works well in the root.

RewriteBase /

RewriteRule pics/(.*.php)$ products.php?product_url=$1
RewriteRule cat/(.*.php)$ products.php?category_url=$1
RewriteRule man/(.*.php)$ products.php?manufacturer_url=$1

Code (markup):

The problem is that this rule is also trying to work on a domain that is within a subfolder of the root, which also has pages with /pics/*.php

There is no .htaccess in the subfolder. Can anyone advise on how to stop the rule working on subfolders, or to create a rule in a .htaccess in the subfolder that will stop the above rule being executed?

Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

 

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Chocolatelover,
Have you tried RewriteOptions inherit?

Cheers,