Can't exclude Registry entries

[firefly2560]

Malwarebytes has just completed a second scan of my PC. In this and also the first scan, the only risk was a group of registry entries which it flagged as "Hijack.ControlPanelStyle". The first registry entry was :

HKU\S-1-5-2.....59-1002\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\POLICIES\EXPLORER|FORCECLASSICCONTROLPANEL. (There were three others with slightly different values for the\S-1-5-2....59-1002\ entry).

It's hardly a hijack attempt, because I set this entry myself a couple of days ago. 

I want to add it to the exclusion list so I don't keep getting needless reminders, but MalwareBytes 3 seems to have removed the "Registry" file type from the list of exclusions. How do I whitelist these registry entries?

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[exile360]

Greetings

To exclude these items you need to perform a scan (a Threat scan or Hyper scan should do) and then at the end when it shows the list of detections, uncheck any item that you do not want removed and click Next.  When prompted on what to do with the remaining unchecked items, select Ignore Always and they will be added to your exclusions and will no longer be detected by future scans.

Please let us know if you have any trouble or if there are any other issues we might assist you with.

Thanks  

[firefly2560]

Thanks, exille360. That worked perfectly.

[exile360]

You're very welcome

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