# Find Folder Exclusions
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```
"C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MpCmdRun.exe -Scan -ScanType 3 -File "C:\pathe\to\folder\*""
```
```
& "C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MpCmdRun.exe" -Scan -ScanType 3 -File "C:\path\to\folder\|*"
```
## Tool designed to find folder exclusions
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## In powershell
```powershell
$logName = "Microsoft-Windows-Windows Defender/Operational"
$eventID = 5007
$events = Get-WinEvent -LogName $logName | Where-Object { $_.Id -eq $eventID }
$exclusionEvents = $events | Where-Object { $_.Message -match "Exclusions" }
$pattern = "HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows Defender\\Exclusions\\Paths\\[^\s]+"
$exclusionEvents | ForEach-Object {
if ($_.Message -match $pattern) {
$matches[0]
}
}
```
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