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Allow all blocked apps to Windows Defender's Controlled folder access (interactively)
$appEvents = Get-WinEvent -LogName "Microsoft-Windows-Windows Defender/Operational" |
Where-Object {$_.Id -eq "1123"}
$allBlockedProcesses = (
$appEvents |
ForEach-Object {
(([xml]$_.ToXml()).Event.EventData.Data |
Where-Object {
$_.Name -eq "Process Name"
}).'#text'
} |
Sort-Object -Unique
)
$currentWhiteList = (Get-MpPreference).ControlledFolderAccessAllowedApplications
if ($allBlockedProcesses -eq $null) {
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "No Processes have been filtered"
exit 3
}
if ($currentWhiteList -eq $null) {
$newProcesses = $allBlockedProcesses
}
else {
$newProcesses = Compare-Object `
-ReferenceObject $allBlockedProcesses `
-DifferenceObject $currentWhiteList |
Where-Object {
$_.SideIndicator -eq '<='
} |
Select-Object -ExpandProperty InputObject
}
if ($newProcesses -eq $null) {
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "All processes have already been added"
exit 0
}
$newProcesses |
Out-GridView -PassThru |
ForEach-Object {
Add-MpPreference -ControlledFolderAccessAllowedApplications $_
}
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grrunnz commented May 16, 2018

On my PC the id for the events changed from 1123 to 1127

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