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# Windows Defender
Explaining how to exclude the Raft Mod Loader from the Windows Defender antivirus
Go into "Windows Security" -> "Virus & threat protection". Then click on "Manage settings" under "Virus & threat protection settings":
Scroll down to Exclusions and click on "Add or remove exclusions":
Click on "Add an exclusion" -> "File" then select the **RMLLauncher.exe**.
Do that again but instead of selecting "File" you now want to select "Folder" and exclude the **RaftModLoader** folder which is located at **C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\RaftModLoader** .
This is how the exclusions should look like in the end:
Finally restart the computer to apply the settings!
## Aaaand you're done !
**Simply restart our launcher and it should be working !** :thumbsup:
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