When OS and defender updates are performed, do you disable UWF first?
UWF with Windows Defender
Hi Everyone,
I have been using Windows Embedded (now IoT) since XP embedded for systems manufactured by my company. We are currently using Windows IoT Enterprise 2019 with UWF enabled. I would like to enable Windows Defender on the systems, but it writes into the "ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender" folder every time it updates or runs a scan. I have this folder Excluded from the overlay, but since the overlay still grows with excluded files the overlay completely fills up after about a week of scans.
Microsoft's recommendation is to use junction points instead of exclusions, however Windows Defender protects this folder and does not allow it to be moved. I have also looked to see if the defender folder can be changed in a registry key, but I was not successful.
Has anyone else dealt with and resolved this issue?
Thank you.
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Teemo Tang 11,341 Reputation points
2021-03-30T02:36:37.967+00:00 Unfortunately, there is not a solution for your demand, what I can think of is a workaround.
If you find that overlay completely fills up after about a week of scans, we can delete all files in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Scans\History\Store, defender still appears to be working fine.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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