My dear Brink,

The point is that Windows Defender (in its various iterations: WinDef, OneCare [!], MSE) did indeed have that feature.

So, it's not really a feature that someone at Microsoft...

Checked! I do have it.

I found something to put in Command Prompt which does seem to work (namely, a Quick Scan occurs at the time I specify everyday).

But, trying to set a scheduled scan as a...

Thank you, but . . . this does not work.

All I keep getting is a 0x2 message which means, I think, that it is not working (i. e., file is not found).

How do I get Windows Defender Scheduled Scan back in Task Scheduler?



I go: Schedule tasks > Task Scheduler Library > Microsoft > Windows > Windows Defender.



I had been messing around...

Microsoft claims that one can schedule Defender to run a scan according to a specified schedule (e. g., everyday at 8 P. M.). See:...

Thanks, but . . . I don't see how "reverting" to the pre-"Anniversary" OS does any good, especially when Microsoft will keep pushing the next build onto me through Updates.

Go Foxes!

Understood. Thanks for your help, anyways. I should reiterate, though, that it only started occurring AFTER the Win10 Anniversary update.

SCANNOW came back clean, too.

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Checking file system on C:The type of the file system is NTFS.Volume label is Windows.A disk check has been scheduled.Windows will now check the disk. Stage 1: Examining basic...

Yes, I have the same problem in Safe Mode.

Thanks for the reply.

I'm sorry, but I've never really been able to know what to call the various "parts" of the box/window/folder/etc. in Windows (and, there's nothing built in to tell the user...

Thanks for the reply.

I'm sorry, but I've never really been able to know what to call the various "parts" of the box/window/folder/etc. in Windows (and, there's nothing built in to tell the user...

I'm using Win10 Anniversary Update.

After getting the Anniversary Update, I noticed that the drop-down list in Windows Explorer no longer appears when one clicks on it under "Details View." ...

I'm having the exact same problem: RIGHT CLICK in the TASKBASK BAR > SELECT "SHOW WINDOWS SIDE BY SIDE > . . . and, voila, Win 10 stacks the windows, rather than placing them side-by-side.

I...