Bug in windows defender?

Question

So, I've noticed that the icon on my taskbar shows that there's some problem but when i went into the windows defender app its shows notin.
I've ran multiple scans (FULL and QUICK) but there's seems to be no problem
I've tried restarting aswll but no luck
So, if there's anything I can do to fix this please guide me.
Thank you.

EDIT:(forgot the pic)

Answer 1

Hi and thanks for reaching out. My name is Bernard a Windows fan like you. I'll be happy to help you out today.

I understand the issue you have, nothing to worry I am here to help, I know some of these steps are already done, you have just skipped it if you think it will have the same result.

Method 1. Repair Windows Apps and Windows Defender:

In Powershell (admin), copy and paste the following command and press Enter:

Get-AppXPackage | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_. InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

restart your computer and check

Method 2. Reinstall Windows Defender

Open the registry, and then go to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender

Then delete the Windows Defender folder, and then restart your computer and check it again.

If none will work from the above solution, I suggest doing an in-place upgrade wherein it will upgrade the device to the latest version and repair all issues without deleting any files.

Kindly follow the steps from this link:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

Let me know how it goes and I hope that helps.

Bernard

Independent Advisor

Answer 2

Hi, thanks for replying, if none will work from the above solution, I suggest doing an in-place upgrade wherein it will upgrade the device to the latest version and repair all issues without deleting any files.

Kindly follow the steps from this link:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

Answer 3

Thanks for these steps but unfortunately, it's not wrking

Answer 4

Hi and thanks for reaching out. My name is Bernard a Windows fan like you. I'll be happy to help you out today.

I understand the issue you have, nothing to worry I am here to help, I know some of these steps are already done, you have just skipped it if you think it will have the same result.

Method 1. Repair Windows Apps and Windows Defender:

In Powershell (admin), copy and paste the following command and press Enter:

Get-AppXPackage | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_. InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

restart your computer and check

Method 2. Reinstall Windows Defender

Open the registry, and then go to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender

Then delete the Windows Defender folder, and then restart your computer and check it again.

If none will work from the above solution, I suggest doing an in-place upgrade wherein it will upgrade the device to the latest version and repair all issues without deleting any files.

Kindly follow the steps from this link:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

Let me know how it goes and I hope that helps.

Bernard
Independent Advisor

I've had this problem with Windows Defender in which I couldn't connect to the internet when Real-time Protection was on, only Edge browser would get a connection... not sure what caused it but doing the following resulted in a working connection:

1- Repair Windows Apps and Windows Defender:
In Powershell (admin), copy and paste the following command and press Enter:
Get-AppXPackage | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_. InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}
Restarted and still no connection.

2- Reinstall Windows Defender
Open the registry, and then go to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender
Deleted the Windows Defender folder, restarted, and now everything is working as expected!

Thanks Lester!