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Robot User Guide

Increased Process Execution Duration

Observed Behavior​

Process execution takes almost twice as long when Studio is installed from UiPathStudioSetup.exe (Community Edition), compared to UiPathStudio.msi (Enterprise Edition). The issue occurs on Studio v2018.4.6 and above.

Cause​

Studio Community Edition is installed in %localappdata%\UiPath, which is not a trusted location by Windows Defender. This means that every time a log file is created, Windows Defender starts to scan it, which prolongs the process execution.

The scenario does not apply to Studio Enterprise Edition, because the installation folder (%ProgramFiles%\UiPath) is trusted by Windows Defender, and thus not scanned every time a log file is created during the execution of a process.

Solution​

Adding the Studio Community Edition installation folder (%localappdata%\UiPath) on the Windows Defender exclusion list means log files created during the process execution are no longer scanned on the spot. To add a folder on the Windows Defender exclusion list, you need to perform the following steps:

  1. Click the Windows Start button, then search for Virus & threat protection and open it.
  2. Access the Virus & threat protection settings page.
  3. Access the Add or remove exclusions page from the Exclusions section.
  4. Click the Add an exclusion button, then choose Folder from the drop-down menu.
  5. Navigate to the %localappdata%\UiPath folder, then click the Select Folder button. Please note that Administrator rights are required to add a folder on the exclusion list.

Log files created during the process execution are no longer scanned on the spot by Windows Defender.

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