[SOLVED] HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender' Exclusion Path. Reg file. Windows Server 2016

Reg file exported from Windows Server 2016 after applying "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Program Files\XYZ" command.

I've tested importing that reg file on Windows 2012 R2, but "exclusion path" did not work (was not applied) (however I did not test reboot, since that was a production server, so possibly reboot will work for you)

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Extensions]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths]
"C:\\Program Files\\XYZ\\"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Processes]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\TemporaryPaths]