Windows defender missing from group policy editor

Dear tenforums!

I've attempted to turn off my windows defender via group policy editing, however; following the guide here on the forums(how to turn off defender) there is simply no folder/tree with windows defender in the group policy editor.
I have w10 pro and am able to successfully start gpedit.msc.

any ideas as to why its missing?
I really dislike the regedit way of disabling/enabling; and thus wish to use gpedit

hope someone care to help out!

cheers

Are you installing another AV in it's place?

If so, it should disable it automatically

garydexter said:

Are you installing another AV in it's place?

If so, it should disable it automatically

No, I only want it for temporary disabling it for short periods of time when security issues is not a concern.
So there shouldnt be any interaction between WD and a 3rd-party AV causing it to be missing.
I can see no other reason than simply windows "forgetting" to write it into the policy editor.

"security issues is not a concern" - that's a very rare occurrence!

does the regedit fix work?

garydexter said:

"security issues is not a concern" - that's a very rare occurrence!

does the regedit fix work?

haha, true :) but they do occur! atleast in my world.
yes it does, it even stated that its disabled by group policy(even though its disabled via regedit).
I thought maybe disabling it and then as i keep it enabled now; that it would cause a policy folder to appear, but this did not happen.

I'll leave the thread open for now. In case anyone has an answer to why its missing :)

knugelknut said:

haha, true :) but they do occur! atleast in my world.
yes it does, it even stated that its disabled by group policy(even though its disabled via regedit).
I thought maybe disabling it and then as i keep it enabled now; that it would cause a policy folder to appear, but this did not happen.

I'll leave the thread open for now. In case anyone has an answer to why its missing :)

Well I too have the same problem, but I didn't even disable it via registry or gpedit. Still it shows that it is disabled by group policy. Any help?

If you want disable WinDef , try O&O shutup10 , it disable telemetry, WinDef, Cortana, etc... (must be used in admin account)

Umbra said:

If you want disable WinDef , try O&O shutup10 , it disable telemetry, WinDef, Cortana, etc... (must be used in admin account)

You got it wrong. Windef is already diabled I want to enable it.