Windows Security/Protection history

Happy Holidays to All.
Nov 5th 2019: Windows 10 Pro version Winver 18362.449, I have since updated to 1909, winver 18363.476. But since Nov 5th I have had random shutdown of Outlook.com mail, either using Firefox or EDGE. Microsoft opened a case number and promptly closed it.
Today: 2 Dec 2019 I found these settings shown in the uploaded snips. I am signed into the account as the administrator, but cannot gain access to remove these 2 "Protected Files"...in fact I cannot even go back and find them again!!
I want to believe that these 2 folders are the source of my problems...the real problem is that this failure of Outlook.com has migrated across several windows 10 platforms, without any prompting.

If this is posted in the incorrect forum title I would appreciate it be moved to its correct location.

Any help would be appreciated.
Stu

Add "Allow App through Controlled Folder Access" context menu in Windows 10

Code:

::  Add "Allow App through Controlled Folder Access" context menu in Windows 10

@Echo Off

net sess>nul 2>&1||(powershell start cmd -ArgumentList """/c %~0""" -verb Runas & exit)

:_Start
Cls & Mode CON  LINES=11 COLS=90 & Color 0E 
Echo.
Echo.       
Echo         Type (R) to Remove "Allow app through Controlled folder access" Context Menu  
Echo.       
Echo.
Echo.
Echo.         
Echo         Type (E) to Add "Allow app through Controlled folder access" Context Menu    
Echo.       



Set /p input= RESPONSE: 
If /i  Not %input%==R (Goto :_Ex) Else (Goto :_Disable)

:_Ex
If /i  Not %input%==E  (Goto :_Start) Else (Goto :_Enable)





:_Enable

Reg.exe add "HKCR\comfile\Shell\AllowControlledFolderAccess" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "Allow app through Controlled folder access" /f
Reg.exe delete "HKCR\comfile\Shell\AllowControlledFolderAccess" /v "Extended" /f
Reg.exe add "HKCR\comfile\Shell\AllowControlledFolderAccess" /v "HasLUAShield" /t REG_SZ /d "" /f
Reg.exe add "HKCR\comfile\Shell\AllowControlledFolderAccess" /v "Icon" /t REG_SZ /d "%%ProgramFiles%%\Windows Defender\EppManifest.dll,-101" /f
Reg.exe add "HKCR\comfile\Shell\AllowControlledFolderAccess\command" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "PowerShell -windowstyle hidden -Command \"Start-Process cmd -ArgumentList '/s,/c,start PowerShell.exe Add-MpPreference -ControlledFolderAccessAllowedApplications \"\"%%1\"\"'  -Verb RunAs\"" /f
Reg.exe add "HKCR\exefile\Shell\AllowControlledFolderAccess" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "Allow app through Controlled folder access" /f
Reg.exe delete "HKCR\exefile\Shell\AllowControlledFolderAccess" /v "Extended" /f
Reg.exe add "HKCR\exefile\Shell\AllowControlledFolderAccess" /v "HasLUAShield" /t REG_SZ /d "" /f
Reg.exe add "HKCR\exefile\Shell\AllowControlledFolderAccess" /v "Icon" /t REG_SZ /d "%%ProgramFiles%%\Windows Defender\EppManifest.dll,-101" /f
Reg.exe add "HKCR\exefile\Shell\AllowControlledFolderAccess\command" /ve /t REG_SZ /d "PowerShell -windowstyle hidden -Command \"Start-Process cmd -ArgumentList '/s,/c,start PowerShell.exe Add-MpPreference -ControlledFolderAccessAllowedApplications \"\"%%1\"\"'  -Verb RunAs\"" /f

Cls & Mode CON  LINES=5 COLS=90 & Color 0E 
 Echo.
 Echo. 
 Echo            Adding "Allow app through Controlled folder access" to Context Menu

Ping -n 5  localhost > Nul

Exit





:_Disable

Reg.exe delete "HKCR\comfile\Shell\AllowControlledFolderAccess" /f
Reg.exe delete "HKCR\exefile\Shell\AllowControlledFolderAccess" /f

Cls & Mode CON  LINES=5 COLS=90 & Color 0E 
 Echo.
 Echo. 
 Echo            Removing "Allow app through Controlled folder access" from Context Menu

Ping -n 5  localhost > Nul

Add Turn On or Off Controlled Folder Access context menu Windows 10

Add Allow App through Controlled Folder Access context menu Windows 10

RolandJS said:

bro67, you're right, community college classes would not be as wide an audience as sevenforums.
Meanwhile, Freebooter, do you have a toolkit, a pot, of BATs, CMDs, EXEs, ZIPs that we can hoard on our respective HDDs?

I have many batch scripts if you want i can give it to you.