- Your anti-virus program might be impacting your build performance. Android Studio checked the following directories:
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Your anti-virus program might be impacting your build performance. Android Studio checked the following directories:
Your anti-virus program might be impacting your build performance. Android Studio checked the following directories:
Can anyone help me, how to get this disable this setting or increase the performance of android studio? I am using android studio version 3.5.
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You should exclude this dir from antivirus in your machine.
- Open Windows Defender Security Center.
- Select Virus & threat protection > Virus & threat protection settings > Add or remove exclusions.
- Under Add an exclusion, select folder
Cause
While Android Studio build process is in action, it create a lot of intermediate files in order to compile and package source code and resources. Enabling real time scanning in antivirus softwares will force it to scan all these newly created files for vulnerabilities. This is may interfere with the Android Studio build process, causing builds to run dramatically slower.
Exclude real-time scanning on these directories.
Gradle cache
%USERPROFILE%\.gradle
Android Studio projects
%USERPROFILE%\AndroidStudioProjects
Android SDK
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Android\SDK
Android Studio system files
C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\system
This is how you can accomplish the same in different antivirus softwares.
Windows Defender
Kaspersky
AVG Antivirus
Note: You can also disable the disable real-time scanning completely. This method isn’t recommenced since it will open security risks.
nerzhulart / Windows Defender Exclusions for Developer.ps1
$userPath = $ env: USERPROFILE |
$pathExclusions = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList |
$processExclusions = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList |
$pathExclusions .Add ( ‘ C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET ‘ ) > $null |
$pathExclusions .Add ( ‘ C:\Windows\assembly ‘ ) > $null |
$pathExclusions .Add ( $userPath + ‘ \AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio ‘ ) > $null |
$pathExclusions .Add ( ‘ C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Packages ‘ ) > $null |
$pathExclusions .Add ( ‘ C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild ‘ ) > $null |
$pathExclusions .Add ( ‘ C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0 ‘ ) > $null |
$pathExclusions .Add ( ‘ C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0 ‘ ) > $null |
$pathExclusions .Add ( ‘ C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio ‘ ) > $null |
$pathExclusions .Add ( ‘ C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\NuGetPackages ‘ ) > $null |
$pathExclusions .Add ( ‘ C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs ‘ ) > $null |
# VS |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ vshost-clr2.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ VSInitializer.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ VSIXInstaller.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ VSLaunchBrowser.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ vsn.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ VsRegEdit.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ VSWebHandler.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ VSWebLauncher.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ XDesProc.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ Blend.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ DDConfigCA.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ devenv.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ FeedbackCollector.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.Host.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ mspdbsrv.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ MSTest.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ PerfWatson2.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ Publicize.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ QTAgent.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ QTAgent_35.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ QTAgent_40.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ QTAgent32.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ QTAgent32_35.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ QTAgent32_40.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ QTDCAgent.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ QTDCAgent32.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ StorePID.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ T4VSHostProcess.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ TailoredDeploy.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ TCM.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ TextTransform.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ TfsLabConfig.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ UserControlTestContainer.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ vb7to8.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ VcxprojReader.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ VsDebugWERHelper.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ VSFinalizer.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ VsGa.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ VSHiveStub.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ vshost.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ vshost32.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ vshost32-clr2.exe ‘ ) > $null |
# VS Code |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ Code — Insiders.exe ‘ ) > $null |
# Runtimes, build tools |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ dotnet.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ mono.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ mono-sgen.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ java.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ java64.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ msbuild.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ node.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ node.js ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ perfwatson2.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ ServiceHub.Host.Node.x86.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ vbcscompiler.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ nuget.exe ‘ ) > $null |
# VCS |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ git.exe ‘ ) > $null |
# Shells |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ git-bash.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ bash.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ powershell.exe ‘ ) > $null |
# All of JetBrains stuff |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ JetBrains.EntityFramework.Runner620.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ JetBrains.MsBuild.TaskEntryPoint.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ JetBrains.Platform.Satellite.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ JetBrains.ReSharper.Features.XamlPreview.External.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ JetBrains.ReSharper.Host.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ JetBrains.ReSharper.Host64.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ JetBrains.ReSharper.Roslyn.Worker.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ JetLauncher32.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ JetLauncher32c.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ JetLauncher64.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ JetLauncher64c.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ JetLauncherIL.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ JetLauncherILc.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ OperatorsResolveCacheGenerator.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ PsiGen.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ ReSharperTestRunner32.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ ReSharperTestRunner64.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ ReSharperTestRunnerIL.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ RiderClrProcessEnumerator32.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ RiderClrProcessEnumeratorIL.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ TokenGenerator.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ xamarin-component.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ ClrStack.x64.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ ClrStack.x86.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ CsLex.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ ErrorsGen.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ JetBrains.Debugger.Worker.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ JetBrains.Debugger.Worker32c.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ JetBrains.Debugger.Worker64c.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ dotPeek32.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ dotPeek64.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ DotTabWellScattered32.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ DotTabWellScattered64.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ DotTabWellScatteredIL.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ JetBrains.Platform.Installer.Bootstrap.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ JetBrains.Platform.Installer.Cleanup.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ JetBrains.Platform.Installer.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ CleanUpProfiler.x64.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ CleanUpProfiler.x86.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ Configuration2Xml32.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ Configuration2Xml64.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ ConsoleProfiler.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ dotTrace32.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ dotTrace64.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ DotTraceLauncher.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ dotTraceView32.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ dotTraceView64.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ JetBrains.Common.ElevationAgent.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ JetBrains.Common.ExternalStorage.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ JetBrains.Common.ExternalStorage.x86.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ JetBrains.dotTrace.IntegrationDemo.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ Reporter.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ SnapshotStat.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ Timeline32.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ Timeline64.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ dotMemory.UI.32.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ dotMemory.UI.64.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ dotMemoryUnit.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ JetBrains.dotMemory.Console.SingleExe.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ JetBrains.dotMemoryUnit.Server.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ restarter.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ rider64.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ runnerw.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ runnerw64.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ WinProcessListHelper.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ elevator.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ fsnotifier.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ fsnotifier64.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ launcher.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ NGen Rider Assemblies.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ idea.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ idea64.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ JetBrains.Etw.Collector.Host.exe ‘ ) > $null |
# JB Toolbox |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ jetbrains-toolbox.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ jetbrains-toolbox-cef.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ jetbrains-toolbox-cef-helper.exe ‘ ) > $null |
# Unity |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ UnityHelper.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ Unity.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ UnityShaderCompiler.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ UnityYAMLMerge.exe ‘ ) > $null |
$processExclusions .Add ( ‘ UnityCrashHandler64.exe ‘ ) > $null |
Write-Host » This script will create Windows Defender exclusions for common Visual Studio 2017 folders and processes. « |
Write-Host » « |
$projectsFolder = Read-Host ‘ What is the path to your Projects folder? (example: c:\projects) ‘ |
Write-Host » « |
Write-Host » Adding Path Exclusion: » $projectsFolder |
Add-MpPreference — ExclusionPath $projectsFolder |
foreach ( $exclusion in $pathExclusions ) |
< |
Write-Host » Adding Path Exclusion: » $exclusion |
Add-MpPreference — ExclusionPath $exclusion |
> |
foreach ( $exclusion in $processExclusions ) |
< |
Write-Host » Adding Process Exclusion: » $exclusion |
Add-MpPreference — ExclusionProcess $exclusion |
> |
Write-Host » « |
Write-Host » Your Exclusions: « |
$prefs = Get-MpPreference |
$prefs .ExclusionPath |
$prefs .ExclusionProcess |
Write-Host » « |
Write-Host » Enjoy faster build times and coding! « |
Write-Host » « |
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oskaremil commented Oct 3, 2019
Add support for additional JetBrains products ?
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oskaremil commented Oct 3, 2019
And ReSharper cache folder
$pathExclusions.Add($userPath + ‘\AppData\Local\JetBrains\Transient’) > $null
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peterwake commented Oct 7, 2019
Surely whitelisting these processes leaves you open to anyone just using these process names?
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ryedigaryan commented Jan 4, 2021
Surely whitelisting these processes leaves you open to anyone just using these process names?
I was thinking of it too and found this topic on windows official website: How to add a file type or process exclusion to Windows Security.
Which says that you can specify the full path, as well as use asterisk (*): C:\MyProcess\* will exclude files opened by all processes, located in C:\MyProcess, or any subfolders of C:\MyProcess.
This adds a bit of security 😀
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seankearon commented Apr 4, 2021
I have excluded Rider processes using the c:\myprocess\* format mentioned by @ryedigaryan above (but with the Rider root folder) and it seems to work well!
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