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I figured out the problem.

The proper syntax is indeed without the double quotes, as in:

wp_list_cats('sort_column=name&exclude=1, 2');

However, if the exclude rule results in no categories being shown, no argument is passed to the foreach() call and therefore, it generates an error when that line interpreted (line 321 in <root>/wp-includes/template-functions-category.php).

My suggestion is to add a note to the documentation stating this potential error.

Thanks for the link HandySolo.

I also just did a quick test, and it seems that changes done in <root>/wp-content/themes/default/index.php only affect the blog home page, is this correct? If yes, then this will do the trick for me as well, yes?