Windows 10 Home - "Unauthorized changes blocked"

Open Windows Defender Security Center

Click Virus & threat protection

Click Virus & threat protection

Scroll down to the bottom then toggle off Controlled folder access

Try again

The above directions are an incomplete description of the “path” to the toggle location. 

A more complete description of the “path” is given below:

1. Settings
2. Update and Security
3. Windows Security
4. Virus & threat protection
5. Virus & threat protection Settings
6. Controlled Folder Access / Manage Controlled Folder Access
7. then toggle off Controlled folder access

I'm using Windows 10 x64 Home on an HP laptop - Suddenly, I can no longer download photos from my SD card using the port on my laptop and my Photoshop Elements 15 - I get the following messages:

Unauthorized changes blocked

Controlled Folder Access blocked C:...\PhotoDownloader...from making changes to the folder %userprofil...$test$

Or:

Unauthorized changes blocked 

Controlled Folder Access blocked C:...\PhotoshopElement...from making changes to the folder %userprofile%\Documents

I want to use Photoshop in order to rename each photo as I download and I'm afraid this is completely blocking my use of Photoshop at all

I'm not computer literate so any help you can give needs to be in detailed, step by step format.

Thank you for any help you can offer

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I have a similar question, while uploading past photos on my computer trying to collect all as Pictures, Out of the blues I got AVG come up in addition to BT McAfee I already have free as their customer. I was very happy with that free Antivirus but this AVG keeps ruling over it and with much of my effort of hours of trying to Uninstall it, it wouldn't go! I sent a letter yesterday in reply to a certain e-mail. At the end of my reply came up the signature of AVG as virus protection. I am very thoroughly wile, on start-up I get an error from Cloud asking me to press OK, only then I can continue.

Good luck turning it off after the last MAY 2018 update. EVEN when settings get hidden as Norton is default antivirus.

Keep dumbing down windows.

OMG i was so mad thanks God i read you, thank you very much.