Windows 10: Windows Defender Icon ?

Sometimes, the Windows Defender icon in the taskbar appears especially after launching the Windows Defender app, but after a next reboot, the icon is no longer appears.

How can I make the icon for Windows Defender to appear permanently like I have it shown in my image shot here?


Thanks

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Is Windows Defender Icon Supposed to be in System Tray?

Is Win10 1607 installed?

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With the Windows 10 Redstone build [i.e., Win10 1607], Windows Defender icon is added to the notification area and can’t be removed via Settings. However, you may remove the icon by disabling an optional startup entry added by Windows Defender.

The Anniversary Build (or Redstone 1) includes an additional executable named MSASCuiL.exe which adds the Windows Defender tray icon...

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Source:
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/remove-windows-defender-notification-icon-windows-10-msascuil/

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Windows 10’s Anniversary Update adds a Windows Defender icon to the notification area on your taskbar...

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Source:
http://www.howtogeek.com/264796/how-to-remove-the-windows-defender-icon-from-your-notification-area/

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Windows 10 Anniversary Update v1607 and later will now display the Windows Defender icon in the Notification Area of your taskbar...

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Source:
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/remove-windows-defender-icon-windows-10

Related:
http://www.tenforums.com/antivirus-firewalls-system-security/58339-after-anniversary-update-windows-defender-suddenly-visible.html

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None of the above is meant to imply that the Defender icon is always
present in Notification Area.

 

Windows Defender is on but after reboots its brick wall icon does not show up in the area reserved for ^show hidden icons

Original Title: Windows Defender -- Is it active?

According to Settings Windows Defender is on but after reboots its brick wall icon does not show up in the area reserved for ^show hidden icons. Is Windows Defender actually on immediately after reboots or when the computer is powered back up after being
turned off even if its Icon is not displayed when the ^show hidden icons is selected?

The Defender Icon does show up and then resides as a hidden Icon if I manually go to settings and select the "use Windows Defender" selection.

 

Left click at Start button > click All apps > scroll down to Windows System> click it to open > right click at Windows Defender > click More > click Pin to taskbar.

 

Yeah, I know how to Pin to Taskbar, but I was referring to the other Windows Defender icon near the clock marked in Red.

The one marked in RED, only appears when I execute Windows Defender manually but not during system startup.

 

It is there in last Insider Preview build.

 

If you look at the bottom of this page you should see a tutorial of how to do it ,i just tried it and it worked for me. Len

 

Just did a little experimenting.

Open Windows Defender from Control Panel.

With Defender still open, Click on Settings. (gear icon by the Start Menu) and go to "Notifications and Actions."

Click "Select which Icons Appear on the Taskbar." On my system at least, as long as Defender is open it appears in the list.





Turning it on places it in the Notification area.





HTH

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Never mind, I found the tutorial, its posted by Brink and it is a Registry file that does the job by adding it to the system startup.
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1...dows-10-a.html

Thanks guys