Windows 10: Windows Defender is Not Working/Not opening in Windows 11 - Tried almost all solutions but...

Hi to all the Microsoft Community, I need your precious suggestions and solutions on a problem which is not being solved yet even I have tried all the solutions available on internet and on YouTube but still the issue is remain here which is I have just purchased Dell Vostro 15-3515 Ryzen 5 system and recently I got an update for Windows 11 Pro, I updated it in excitement but now I am unable to open "Windows Defender" on Windows 11 Pro, tried all registry editor, cmd and powershell etc. solutions but the issue can`t solved yet.Please cooperate with me to find the solution for the issue am fa

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Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

What the hell, windows defender?

It is true, none my own personal machines have mining apps on them. But as an IT tech/consultant, and the family/friend/neighborhood "go-to" computer guy, I am no stranger to mining and crypto-currancy systems.

My reply was referring to the fact I saw "none" of the issues on any of my systems you had on yours. Neither did any of the users of the dozens of other computers I am responsible for. None that run with alternative anti-malware solutions suddenly had WD enabled after installing those (or any) updates. And some of those users run mining programs. None of the computers had UAC settings changed. None of my computers had my custom settings revert back to the default settings. Nor did I receive any reports from any of my clients, friends, family complaining some Windows Update changed their custom settings back to the defaults. That was my point.

And for the record, while I may not always hear from friends, family, and neighbors, most of my business clients always call us for problems because we are already contractually obligated to support those systems. Full disclosure - none of those contracted systems run mining programs, all run WD or an alternative solution.

I don't think any company, regardless their product or services, should be so harshly bashed for not supporting the extreme 1% fringe portion of their customers - especially when they are erring on the side of increased security.

Absolutely if you have an alternative anti-malware solution installed (and you have not instructed that solution keep Windows Defender active), then Windows should honor your choice and not enable Windows Defender when any new Windows Update is installed. No argument from me on that whatsoever!

BUT, if you disabled Windows Defender and you have no alternative real-time anti-malware solution installed and running, IMO Microsoft is doing the right thing to enable Windows Defender again. Why? Because without some anti-malware solution running, if you connect to a network that has Internet access you are not just a threat to yourself, you are a threat to me, my family and the rest of society too. Whether you choose to believe it or not.

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To report any file/program to Microsoft you suspect might be malicious, or that you believe was incorrectly tagged by Windows Defender as malicious, see Submit a file for malware analysis.

 

Windows Defender Released

Microsoft has released the final version of its Windows Defender anti-spyware utility. Windows Defender is a product of the Microsoft acquisition of GIANT Software. Previously known as Windows AntiSpyware, after a two years beta period it's now available for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 under the name Windows Defender. Windows Defender incorporates Real-Time Protection to monitor systems for spyware activity, automated spyware removal with scheduled scans, full integration with Internet Explorer 7.0 and automatic spyware definition updates from Microsoft. Windows Defender is available freely to all customers running a genuine copy of Windows. Microsoft has also announced that customers will each be allowed to report two support incidents for free with Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.

Source: DailyTech