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If the restore button in windows defender is not doing anything

Try running "C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\mpcmdrun" -restore -listall in an admin cmd prompt to list the quarantined files and "C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\mpcmdrun" -restore -all to restore them all.

If it produces the error QuarantineRestore failed 0x80508014 then try using "C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\mpcmdrun" -restore -all -path %userprofile%\Downloads to restore the files to the downloads folder.

This can be a problem when it tries to use admin privileges to restore the file to a user mapped network drive