Add or Remove Microsoft Defender Antivirus context menu in Windows 10  

robbie2745 said:

Hey Brink,
I just did the "How to Add or Remove Windows Defender context menu in Windows 10" a few minutes ago and works great! Thanks for this perk. Keep up the good work you're doing here on the forums and have a good evening!" :)

You're most welcome Robbie, and thank you. :)

garydexter said:

Scan is now in by default following the November 2015 update

Hello Gary, :)

Yep, this context menu is mostly for making it easier to open and perform full/quick scans with Windows Defender, but the tutorial below is for that instead.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1...dows-10-a.html

Can you tell me how to remove the original context menu entries as the removal registry file that you posted does not work. Windows 10 Home, fully updated, so I have the new MS provided context menu entry. Thanks

EDIT: Seems like the registry key specified in your original reg files is now invalid. I found the 'Brink' entries with regedit - they were here: [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\WindowsDefender] rather than here: [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell\WindowsDefender]

Now removed successfully.

Hello JWW, and welcome to Ten Forums. :)

I'm glad you got it sorted.

The tutorial has been updated to add a Windows Defender "Offline Scan" option to the context menu. :)