Unable to disable Windows Defender on 1909

markrobby said:

It worked!!! Thank you so much, I will mark this as solved.

Good job. Reboot just to make sure everything is OK. It should be.


If you ever want to turn it back ON, use Services, to do that.

markrobby said:

Got it! But it disabled the Firewall also, can I enable it again?

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@Ghot Do I enable this service with Autoruns?

You can try that. It may turn it all back on, I'm not sure.

markrobby said:

The service did get enabled but it still wants the whole Windows Defender to be on, what can I do?

Uh... get a 3rd party firewall. Maybe Comodo? I think it's still free. Or Tinywall.

/edit Tinywall is probably easier to use.

markrobby said:

Thanks!

Glad to help.