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nerzhulart / Windows Defender Exclusions for Developer.ps1
Last active November 9, 2024 13:32 — forked from dknoodle/Windows Defender Exclusions VS 2017.ps1
Adds Windows Defender exclusions for developers (Visual Studio, JetBrains Rider, IntellIJ Idea, Git, MsBuild, dotnet, mono etc.)
$userPath = $env:USERPROFILE
$pathExclusions = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList
$processExclusions = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList
$pathExclusions.Add('C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET') > $null
$pathExclusions.Add('C:\Windows\assembly') > $null
$pathExclusions.Add($userPath + '\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio') > $null
$pathExclusions.Add('C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Packages') > $null
$pathExclusions.Add('C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild') > $null
$pathExclusions.Add('C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0') > $null