ESET Security Management Center (ESMC) 7 User Permissions
This article assumes that your ESMC user has the correct access rights and permissions to perform the tasks below.
If you are still using the default Administrator user, or you are unable to perform the tasks below (the option is grayed out), see the following article to create a second administrator user with all access rights (you only need to do this once):
Click your policy for client computers and select Edit.
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Click Settings, click Detection Engine → Exclusions and then click Edit next to Performance exclusions.
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Click Add, type the directory that you want to exclude from scanning into the Path field and add a comment for the exclusion in the Comment field. Click OK. Make sure the filepath for your exclusion is in the correct format, for example "C:\Users\[username]\Documents\file.exe".
Do not use wildcards for directories!
Wildcards for directories in paths are not supported. Read more about exclusions and wildcards here.
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Click Save when you are finished adding exclusions.