How to Add or Remove Windows Security context menu in Windows 10  

OldGrantonian said:

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The hack was successful.

Thanks

OldGrantonian said:

I'm back again

I was trying BitDefender (BD), but I don't want to continue. I've uninstalled it.

I think BD might have removed MS Defender from my R-click context menu. Anyway, I want to re-activate the context menu, using this tutorial.

I followed Step 2, followed by Step 5, etc. But no context menu.

Repeated Steps 2 and 5. Still no context menu.

In both attempts, I got all the following messages:

- Do you want to allow ...? YES
- Are you sure ... ? YES
- Keys and values ... have been successfully added. OK

I restarted my laptop. Still no context menu.

Please advise.

Thanks

Hello mate,

This will add a "Windows Security" context menu when you right click on the desktop instead.

Were you wanting the "Scan with Microsoft Defender" context menu below instead?

Add or Remove Scan with Microsoft Defender Context Menu in Windows 10

OldGrantonian said:

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That wasn't what I wanted

That's called "a senior moment"
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Yes, that's what I was looking for.

I followed the instructions, I got the "Keys and values ... successfully added" popup.

But I don't see the context menu item that I saw before I added/removed BitDefender.

When it was working correctly previously, I could scan:

- A single file
- Several highlighted files
- A folder
- Several highlighted folders, etc, etc

Thanks
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No worries mate. I can certainly understand.

Does Windows Security show Microsoft Defender Antivirus real-time protection as turned on?

Turn On or Off Real-time Protection for Microsoft Defender Antivirus

For now, here's an option below you can test.

Add or Remove Microsoft Defender Antivirus context menu in Windows 10