Thank you. I have been doing that. It's getting very time consuming. I also don't understand why it's started doing this all of a sudden and to programs that have been installed since I purchased the computer.
Controlled folder access blocked
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All of a sudden over the past couple of weeks, I am getting controlled folder access blocked messages. As time goes by, the messages are coming with increasing frequency. At first it was blocking programs like Foxit and CCleaner. The latest blocks are: Controlled Folder Access blocked C:\Windows\System32\taskhostw.exe from making changes to memory and Controlled Folder Access blocked C:\Windows\System32\WinSAT.exe from making changes to memory. There is another one in the notifications column that I am unable to read because it's truncated and does not appear in the event viewer. After months of troubleshooting failed 1803 updates, I was finally able to install the October release of Windows 10 a couple of days ago- with much difficulty. This update was done in response to repeated error message of various sorts. Before that, I had not made any changes to anything on my desktop that would trigger these messages. App and browser control is on.
I don't know if it's related but I also had the ghosted message that Windows was not activated with instructions to activate it in settings. When I did, I was advised that I did not have an authentic version of Windows installed. It is the same version that was installed on the desktop when I purchased it over 2 years ago. It did eventually accept it and cleared the error message.
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Anonymous
2019-01-15T15:48:06+00:00 -
Anonymous
2019-01-15T15:26:42+00:00 Hi jawjahpeach
I would try adding exception to those programs that Controlled Folder Access is blocking.
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Anonymous
2019-01-15T17:41:32+00:00 Hi jawjahpeach
It could be a configuration glitch.
Could you confirm if this also happens in the default Administrator account?
Open Start
Type: cmd
Right click CMD
Click Run as administrator
At the command prompt, type:
net user administrator /active:yes
Hit Enter
Close command prompt, restart, then try signing into the Administrator account.
Check if you can use your applications and utilities without those errors.