Windows 10: When excluding a folder in Windows Defender, is it system-wide or account logged in only?

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  1. MICHAEL SOUCY
    Michael Soucy Win User

    When excluding a folder in Windows Defender, is it system-wide or account logged in only?


    Working on setting up a PC that is company hardware for their overall hardware and Windows Defender slows down file writes by several seconds unless a folder for our application is excluded where the delay is only a couple seconds now.


    The question is: Is putting an exclusion into Windows Defender for a folder system-wide (any user login) or account where it was created? Meaning if other user logs into system to use the application will they also have to put the exclusion in?


    I am hoping this is system-wide. Else it will have to be release-noted on release of the support for windows 10.

    :)
     
    Michael Soucy, Oct 8, 2019
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  2. WENZU5
    WENZU5 Win User

    Windows Defender not adding excluded files and folders.

    Hi,

    Today I tried to exclude files and folders in Windows Defender.

    Although I managed to select a file nothing was shown in the exclude window.

    I tried different files and folders on other drives but nothing was actually selected by Defender.

    Is this a bug?

    OS: Windows 10 - 1809

    Thanks in advance for any help.
     
    WENZU5, Oct 8, 2019
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  3. CLOCK404
    Clock404 Win User
    Windows indexing is not excluding folders that are excluded

    Hello,

    My Windows start menu Windows search is showing results from the AppData folder despite the AppData folder being set as an excluded folder. My Windows 10 "Searching Windows" setting is set to classic and the excluded folder is clearly shown on the list.
    The issue persists ever after rebuilding the index. How can I fix this?
     
    Clock404, Oct 8, 2019
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  4. KOKAKOLA
    kokakola Win User

    When excluding a folder in Windows Defender, is it system-wide or account logged in only?

    Windows Defender won't list Excluded files, File Locations, etc..etc


    Hi all,

    I have selected certain file types / folders and locations in Windows Defender on Windows 10 that were added to the exclusions lists...

    Previously I could go to Windows Defender and see what files, folders or extensions I had excluded but now they have disappeared....

    All I see is the add buttons which work as intended when I want to add a folder etc etc....
    But then they are not listed anywhere so that I can remember what I have excluded or not....

    Can some one please help me so that they are visible again, is there a setting in the registry that needs to be fixed?

    This is what I should see where, below the red arrows I should see the excluded files/folders including their path etc etc [see image below]

    When excluding a folder in Windows Defender, is it system-wide or account logged in only? [​IMG]

    but I see nothing..

    Yet if i go to the registry as indicated below...

    File and file location exclusions are stored in the registry key below.

    *Arrow HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths

    File type exclusions are stored in the registry key below.

    *Arrow HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Extensions

    Processes exclusions are stored in the registry key below.

    *Arrow HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Processes

    they are all listed there....?

    I have to say that windows defender is excluding folders/files and etc etc, that I have selected during its scans, but I cant see the excluded items in the Windows Defender as per image of my Exclusions section below...


    When excluding a folder in Windows Defender, is it system-wide or account logged in only? [​IMG]


    Thanking you in advance for your support and assistance on this issue....

    Cheers
     
    kokakola, Oct 8, 2019
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