Windows 10: When I try to add an exclusion for a file in Windows Security, the exclusion doesn't show...

I was trying to exclude a file from Windows Defender Antivirus scans and pressed add an exclusion but nothing showed up when I clicked Open on the file and clicked Yes when Windows asked me "Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device?"




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Unable to add exclusion in Windows Security

Hello Paul.

Windows Version 1903 (OS Build 18362.836)

Controlled Folder Access is off.

Following your suggestion, Windows Security allowed me to add the folder as an exclusion, and I was then able to also add the file in question as an exclusion.

However, despite the file being listed under "Exclusions" it is still being deleted every time I copy it to the program's directory without any warnings or messages.

 

Windows Security, Add an exclusion, Process

This link was helpful:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/wi...ed-file-exclusions-windows-defender-antivirus

Quote:

When you add a process to the process exclusion list, Windows Defender Antivirus won't scan files opened by that process, no matter where the files are located. The process itself, however, will be scanned unless it has also been added to the file
exclusion list.

 

Exclusions

An exclusion is a way to keep (deny) certain files and/or folders from being scanned by your anti-virus or anti-malware scanner. This is typically accomplished by changing settings...adding a file or folder to the software's exclusion
list so the scanning engine will ignore it. Reasons for excluding a file are to prevent potential conflicts with your anti-virus, eliminate

false positive detection's of a legitimate file and to speed up the scanning process.

• What Files Should You Exclude?
• How to Add an exclusion to Windows Defender
• How to Make Microsoft Security Essentials Scan Faster by Excluding Certain
  File Types