How to Open Windows Security in Windows 10  

rsbrux said:

Thanks for the quick and helpful response! The shortcut created from your tutorial at least allowed me to mark it "Run as administrator". This in turn allows me to at least look at the listed items without answering a UAC prompt for each one, but I still had to respond to 3 UAC prompts to restore a quarantined file! ;-{ ugh!

P.S. I rejoiced too soon: as soon as I closed the Windows Security Dashboard I had opened with admin privileges, Windows Security quarantined the file I had just restored *again*!
I don't find any "Allow" option, so I can only hope that it doesn't happen again.
Is the lack of an "Allow" option due to the fact the Windows Security considers the threat "Severe"?

It would probably be best to create a new separate thread for that issue to see what we can do to help.

rsbrux said:

Thanks for the quick and helpful response! The shortcut created from your tutorial at least allowed me to mark it "Run as administrator". This in turn allows me to at least look at the listed items without answering a UAC prompt for each one, but I still had to respond to 3 UAC prompts to restore a quarantined file! ;-{ ugh!

P.S. I rejoiced too soon: as soon as I closed the Windows Security Dashboard I had opened with admin privileges, Windows Security quarantined the file I had just restored *again*!
I don't find any "Allow" option, so I can only hope that it doesn't happen again.
Is the lack of an "Allow" option due to the fact the Windows Security considers the threat "Severe"?

Try going to Virus and Threat Protection Settings on the Virus and Threat Protection page, and click Manage Settings. Then scroll way down to Exclusions, Add or remove exclusions. That should bring up an Add exclusion button, which will in turn offer File and Folder. I've found that it works effectively if I choose both the particular file and the folder it's in.