How to allow CIV6 Game saves with windows defender

Overview

Here is the Step by step guide to allow Civ 6 to save a game on Windows 10. This guide will fix the problem for most people who cant save. For other people that can’t save and have a different Antivirus, the steps should be the same.~This works for other games that are not saving as well. I recently bought Fallout 4 and it wouldnt save! I Followed these steps and it worked~

Step 1: Open windows Defender

Use the Search tool on your Task bar, and type Windows Defender Settings.
Then click on windows Defender Settings

Step 2: Find Exclusions and Controlled folder access

First cick on Virus and Threat protection. Then click Virus and threat protection Settings. Then scroll until you find exclusions and controlled folder access.

Step 3: controlled folder access

Click on controlled folder access
Then click allow an app through controlled folder access.
Click add an allowed app.
Then search on THIS PC Civilization
Then find civilizationVI.exe And CivilizationVi_DX12.exe
You will have to repeat the steps to add both. Your controlled folder access should have the highlighted files. (Not actually highlighted. I highlighted them in photoshop)

Step 4: Exclusions

First click add or remove exclusions.
Then click add an exclusion and then folder.
Then Find your program file 86 on your harddrive
Then find steam on program files86 and select “select folder”on the bottom left.
Do this for any other locations that Steam may save games. (please note you should only have one save area for steam but I ran out of storage in one section so I had to exclude the other location of my steam library as well)

Step 5: Test game.

Go in to civ 6 and start a game. Then save. Quit and see if your save Saved! If not let me know and I will be happy to help! Add me on steam and I’ll be happy to help as long as Im avalible.