Security Essentials has quarantined a file i need, it says it cannot restore it.
Where does Security Essentials store its quarantined files? I have searched and cannot find its location.
Windows 7 Pro 64bit.
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1So where is the quarantine location?– Andrew MortonDec 28, 2014 at 16:40
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Should have been an answer not a comment.– MoabDec 28, 2014 at 19:55
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1I thought it was so trivial as a Google search that you might have deleted the question ;)– Andrew MortonDec 28, 2014 at 20:41
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1I did search, but did not find that link, now google will return this page as a better search result due to the specific title I used.– MoabDec 28, 2014 at 22:09
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On Windows 7, the Microsoft Security Essentials quarantine location is :
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Microsoft Antimalware\Quarantine\
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What do you mean by "wrong product" ? It is for Microsoft Security Essentials Dec 28, 2014 at 18:26
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Thanks, but it looks like there is no file of any size in there to recover, it must have deleted it.– MoabDec 28, 2014 at 19:53
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1Microsoft AntiMalware was its name before but the folder is definitely correct.– fedmichAug 23, 2015 at 14:59
On Windows 7, the Microsoft Security Essentials quarantine location is :
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Microsoft Antimalware\Quarantine\
BUT the folder there only has a bunch of subfolder and files that are all encrypted and you can't open them via a text editor or even read any binary data.
So what you can do is to first recreate the original folder then you can restore it via the MSE app itself.
Use the command below if you want to fully recreate the folder and will recursively make the full path.
mkdir -p "D:\Folder\Folder2\Folder3\blah blah\"
