File Explorer is one of the crucial components of the Windows operating system. It allows us to navigate and manage files and folders on our PC. One of the most useful features of File Explorer is the ...

Controlled Folder Access is a security feature included in Microsoft Defender Exploit Guard, a component of Microsoft Defender Antivirus. Its main purpose is to thwart ransomware attacks by preventing ...

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Part of Windows Defender in recent updates of Windows 10 and Windows Server, Controlled Folder Access can prevent malware from accessing or changing designated files. Microsoft added a cool, new ...

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This fall, Microsoft plans to release a new Windows Defender feature called Controlled Folder Access, which blocks and blacklists unauthorized apps from making changes to files located inside ...

Some people just aren’t fans of File Explorer’s Favorites section (known as Quick access in Windows 10). They’re missing out. Because for anyone who regularly goes back and forth between a specific ...