![]() The OS itself usually isn’t the culprit (when all the crap is removed). When things go wrong I usually assume it’s because of something I did or a rogue application or even a hardware failure. Over 20 years of using Microsoft systems not once have I ever blamed Microsoft for anything I did. My entire goal has always been to limit the influence of Microsoft on my workflow, such that 99% of all problems are application issues and not OS issues. I’m more of a set it and forget it kind of guy so over the years I’ve gotten a lot of experience reducing systems to a lean, stable state and then using ADK to capture the best image state possible and then using that on all my systems. The fewer things that can go wrong the fewer things will go wrong. I’ve also never dealt with Active Directory, Azure, or managed an Exchange server, and yet I use Enterprise LTSB precisely because it has the fewest features. I can barely wrap my head around creating and modifying bootloaders like BCD and GRUB and wouldn’t even think to touch the kernel. I don’t consider myself a Microsoft technician and certainly not an OS expert. Maybe I’m depriving myself of mind-blowing additional performance, but even though I practice reasonably safe computing, I don’t think I’d want to run Windows without protection. (If there’s anything you want to err on the side of up-to-dateness on, it’s anti-malware packages.)īTW, I haven’t noticed that Windows Defender is any more burdensome than third-party anti-malware packages I’ve used, and it’s markedly *less* burdensome than some. I’d previously noticed that Windows Defender definitions updates bypass the Update service, and I was gratified to see that its engine does as well. I normally keep my Windows Update and Windows Update Medic services disabled to control drive-by updates, and I hadn’t temporarily re-enabled them in this case. Over the next half-day or so more files accumulated at a slowish rate (from 4 to maybe 30 per hour, depending on what I was doing).Īfter working on my computer for an hour or so this morning, I found my Store folder completely empty and discovered that Windows Defender had been updated. I found a couple/few thousand files in my “Store” folder and deleted them. I had the problematic version of Windows Defender on my Windows 10 Home 20H2 system. Now You: Are you affected by the issue? (via Deskmodder) Microsoft will release a fix soon for the issue.Windows Defender has a bug that places lots of files into the folder C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Scans\History\Store.Note that you need administrative rights to open the folder, and that some folders may be hidden by default. Some users reported that turning off realtime protections will also stop the production of the files. Note that new files will be added to the folder by Windows Defender until the issue is fixed by an update. One workaround at the time of writing is to delete the files that are in the folder. Microsoft may release the fixed version this Thursday. You can verify the version of Windows Defender on Windows 10 by opening Settings > Update & Security > Windows Security > Open Windows Security > Settings icon > About. The affected engine version is 18100.5, the fixed engine version appears to be 18100.6. In other words, it does not depend on the operating system but the Windows Defender version. Since it is a Windows Defender bug, it is likely that all Windows versions may be affected by the issue. ![]() Windows versions mentioned include Windows Server 2021 R2, Windows Server 20, and Windows 10. It is affecting a wide variety of Windows versions, and not only Windows 10 according to these reports. ![]() Several Microsoft Answers threads exist in which Windows users and server administrators report the issue. Storage devices may also be filled up quickly, depending on the severity of the experienced issue on a device. Backups and syncs may take longer to complete, and may occupy more space. The bug may affect certain operations, such as synchronization or backup tasks. Most files are small in size, between 1 and 2 Kilobytes. Other users reported over 950,000 files over the course of a 24 hour period and 30 Gigabytes of storage occupied by the files. More than 10,800 items were placed in the folder on a test system running Windows 10 version 20H2. Windows Defender puts thousands of files in the folder C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Scans\History\Store if a device is affected by the issue. ![]()
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