Are there antivirus exclusions to make Autodesk programs run better?

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Issue: 

You want to know if there are adjustments you can make to an antivirus program to make your Autodesk software run better.

Solution: 

Antivirus software can affect the installation of the program. After the program is installed, if you can make exclusions in your antivirus software, it may be useful to exclude the Autodesk folders:

• C:\Program Files\Autodesk 

• C:\Program Files\common Files\Autodesk 

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk 

• C:\Program Files (x86)\common Files\Autodesk 

• C:\ProgramData\Flexnet C:\ProgramData\Autodesk 

• C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk 

• C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Autodesk 

Also, creating exceptions for the various types of files used by Autodesk products can be helpful. Here is a list of some file types used by Autodesk programs: 
3ds, ac$, apj, bak, ctb, cui, cuix, dcl, dst, dwf, dwg, dwl, dwl2, dwt, fbx, ipt, lin, ma, mat, max, mb, mns, mnu, pat, pgp, rfa, rft, rte, rvt, shp, shx, stb, sv$ You may need to also add the following: .sq* (sqlite), .wdp, .ldb, .mdb, .mui, .aux, .chm 

These are some license components that may need to be added as exclusions to the antivirus program:

• C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Autodesk AutoCAD 201x\acad.exe (or the exe of the Autodesk program that you are running) 

• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Macrovision Shared\FlexNet Publisher\ FNPLicensingService64.exe 

• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\AdLM\R14\LMU.exe (the folder R14 may differ depending on the version of the product installed - i.e it could be R12, R10...) 

If you are using AutoCAD Electrical, you may need to add an exception to: 
C:\Users\YOUR-USER-NAME\Documents\Acade 201x (where x varies depending upon your version of the product)