Once you finished unzipping the files it is recommended to remove the folder exclusion in Defender.

you were the one who zipped the files and uploaded to an online storage). Only use this method to avoid Defender scanning the files if you 100% trust the files you want to unzip (e.g.

Click on “Add an exclusion” and select the folder you want to exclude.

Scroll down and click on “Add or remove exclusions” under “Exclusions”.

Click on “Virus & threat protection settings”.

Click on “Virus & threat protection” under “Protection areas” on Windows Security.

Click on Windows search and type “defender settings”.

How to add a folder exclusion in Defender on Windows 10?

Unzip the files in the temporary folder.

In the Defender settings add an exclusion for the temporary folder.

Move the zip file to the temporary folder.

To get around this problem, follow the steps below: from Google Drive) or you received it as an email attachment. This usually happens when you try to unzip a file that was downloaded from an online storage (e.g. Then I figured out what made WinZip run so slow…Ī reason of the extremely slow unzipping on Windows can be Defender that runs in the background and scans each file.

The unzipping process was extremely slow. This also did not help.I downloaded an archive of our Bookmark Ninja web application project to check something and started to unzip the file. I also tried other solutions I found on the forums like renaming SLCache and SLStore so that the program recreates them. I tried several prior versions of my catalog file and even a new catalog file, but the upgrade won't work, even on a fresh install of Lightroom. Now when I launch any catalog, it hangs on the 'Lightroom Classic Catalog Upgrade' dialog box that pops up (see screenshot) and eventually says 'Not Responding'. Uninstalling and reinstalling all Adobe Creative Cloud apps. Opening a new catalog (app shows in Task Manager, but no splash screen or launch).ģ. Deleteing my preferences and relaunching the app (same behavior, app shows in Task Manager, but no splash screen or launch)Ģ. I am on Windows 10, I have an Nvidia GPU and AMD Ryzen CPU.ġ. I then shut the app down to restart my PC, and when I went to reopen the app, it failed to launch. I opened the updated version successfully and imported several photos.

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