Script to exclude folders & processes from Windows Defender to be more developper-friendly

setup-win-defender-exclusions.ps1

# Setup Windows Defender common exclusion

Write-Host "Excluding paths..."
Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "$env:appdata\npm"
Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "$env:appdata\nvm"

# These folders contains most of my repo, you may want to change it to your owns
Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Temp"
Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Vincent"

Write-Host "Excluding processes..."
(
    "bash.exe", 
    "cmd.exe",
    "conhost.exe",
    
    "code.exe",
    
    "com.docker.service",
    "docker-compose.exe",
    "docker.exe",
    "dockerd.exe",
    
    "dep.exe",
    "go.exe",
    
    "devenv.exe",
    "ServiceHub.Host.CLR.x86.exe",
    "ServiceHub.Host.Node.x86.exe",
    "ServiceHub.IdentityHost.exe",
    "ServiceHub.RoslynCodeAnalysisService32.exe",
    "ServiceHub.SettingsHost.exe",
    "ServiceHub.VSDetouredHost.exe",
    
    "fsautocomplete.exe",
    "paket.exe",
    
    "node.exe",
    "qemu-system-i386.exe",
    
    "java.exe",
    "studio64.exe"
) | ForEach-Object {Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess $_}