Writing powershell script to allow apps through Controlled Folder Access

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Writing powershell script to allow apps through Controlled Folder Access

Zheli Zheng 101

Hi,

I have been trying to write a script to allow programs such as Paint, Screen Snippet, etc. to save to protected folders.

However, I found it strange that while %UserProfile%\Documents is protected by default %UserProfile%\Desktop is not. Does not user store many of his personal files on Desktop?

Also if we are to allow a program such as Paint using the script

Add-MpPreference -ControlledFolderAccessAllowedApplications "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\dotPDNLLC.paint.net_4.19.6484.0_x64__h55e3w7q8jbva\PaintDotNet.exe"...

What if the version number changes, in that case the path will change too right? Then do we need to re-run the script with new version number?

Can anyone answer these questions please?

Carlos Solís Salazar 18,376 Reputation points MVP

2022-07-05T18:58:36.65+00:00

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