Windows 10: Windows Antivirus Will not allow me to to add exclusions.

I go to Windows Security/Virus and threat protection/manage settings/Exclusions

I hit add exclusion, select the folder I want to exclude then hit ok. It then makes me grant admin rights and then nothing happens I am the only account and it is admin. There is nothing on the exclusion list.

I have no other antivirus software installed.

I have tried this with a clean boot, disabling all startup programs and services.

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Unable to Remove Exclusions from Windows Defender

Thank you for posting back. If you trust a file, file type, folder, or a process that Windows Defender Antivirus has detected as malicious, you can stop Windows Defender Antivirus from alerting you or blocking the program by adding the file to
the exclusion list. It seems that it was added automatically. We suggest that you follow these steps:

• Go to Settings and select Update & security.
• Click Windows Defender.
• Look for Exclusions and select Add an exclusion.
• Navigate to the file, folder, or process, and select Exclude this file.

If the steps provided did not work, we recommend that you boot your device to
Safe Mode and redo the process.

Let us know if you need further assistance.

 

Windows Defender Antivirus Scan exclusions

If there is anything in Windows Defender Exclusion list, then it won't be scan and if it is malicious program, it won't detect.

It is better to remove all programs from exclusion list (if you didn't add them) and run a full system scan with Windows Defender.

 

Windows Security, Add an exclusion, Process

This link was helpful:

Configure exclusions for files opened by specific processes - Windows security

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.