Faris A Chugthai farisachugthai
farisachugthai
/ add_node_exceptions.ps1
Created
February 6, 2020 02:02
— forked from darvell/add_node_exceptions.ps1
Adds useful exceptions to Windows Defender for node.js developers.
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| If (-NOT ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal] [Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole(` | |
| [Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole] "Administrator")) | |
| { | |
| Write-Warning "You do not have Administrator rights to run this script!`nPlease re-run this script as an Administrator!" | |
| Break | |
| } | |
| Write-Host "Excluding appdata NPM folder and Node.JS install folder from Windows Defender." | |
| Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath ([System.Environment]::ExpandEnvironmentVariables("%APPDATA%\npm\")) | |
| Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath (Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:SOFTWARE\Node.js" | Select-Object -Property InstallPath) |