Windows 10: Windows Defender won't list Excluded files, File Locations, etc..etc

Discus and support Windows Defender won't list Excluded files, File Locations, etc..etc in AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security to solve the problem; Hi all, I have selected certain file types / folders and locations in Windows Defender on Windows 10 that were added to the exclusions lists...... Discussion in 'AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security' started by kokakola, Oct 10, 2015.

  1. kokakola Win User

    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]

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


    Windows Defender won't list Excluded files, File Locations, etc..etc [​IMG]


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

    Cheers

    :)
     
    kokakola, Oct 10, 2015
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  2. how to make defencder scan excluded files

    at the settings, it says windows defender won't scan excluded files and it makes the pc vulnerable to malware, virus, etc. how do I make it scan everything
     
    Walker-CruzComputer, Oct 10, 2015
    #2
  3. How do I REVERSE exclusions from Windows 10 settings?

    No, it doesn't. I added a file to exclusion, moved it somewhere else and tried to remove the exclusion. It worked for me. Don't know you are having problem in removing exclusion.

    What definitions and versions?

    If you are adding a file as exclusion, only that file will be excluded, that too when it is in the specified folder. If you move the file somewhere else, it won't get excluded. If you exclude a folder, it won't be scanned (and same rule is applicable
    to folders too, move the folder and it'll get scanned).

    If you add a file type exclusion, all files of the specified extension won't get scanned. If you exclude a process, it'll be excluded from Real Time Protection.

    You mean you found an exclusion that you didn't add?

    Prashant Kumar
     
    PrashantKumar96, Oct 10, 2015
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  4. kokakola Win User

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

    **EDIT**
    Fixed... deleting the "Path" key in the registry and then resetting the PC brings them back...

    I would like to thank Brink The Administrator

    for sorting this out for me... genius....*Smile*Smile

    cheers
     
    kokakola, Oct 11, 2015
    #4
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