How to Add or Remove Microsoft Defender Antivirus context menu in Windows 10


Starting with Windows 10 version 2004, Windows Defender Antivirus as been renamed to Microsoft Defender Antivirus.

Microsoft Defender Antivirus helps protect your PC against malware (malicious software) like viruses, spyware, and other potentially unwanted software. Malware can infect your PC without your knowledge: it might install itself from an email message, when you connect to the Internet, or when you install certain apps using a USB flash drive, CD, DVD, or other removable media. Some malware can also be programmed to run at unexpected times, not only when it's installed.

Microsoft Defender Antivirus is included with Windows and helps keep malware from infecting your PC in two ways:

• Providing real-time protection. Microsoft Defender Antivirus notifies you when malware tries to install itself or run on your PC. It also notifies you when apps try to change important settings.
• Providing anytime scanning options. Microsoft Defender Antivirus automatically scans your PC for installed malware on a regular basis, but you can also start a scan whenever you want. Microsoft Defender Antivirus automatically removes (or temporarily quarantines) anything that's detected during a scan.

This will show you how to add or remove a Microsoft Defender Antivirus desktop context menu to quickly open, update, update and quick scan, quick scan, full scan, offline scan in Windows 10.

While you must be signed in as an administrator to be able to add or remove the Microsoft Defender Antivirus context menu, all users will be able to use the context menu.

You must be an administrator to be able to perform an offline scan with Microsoft Defender Antivirus.

EXAMPLE: Microsoft Defender Antivirus desktop context menu




Here's How:

1 Do step 2 (add) or step 3 (remove) below for what you would like to do.

 2. To Add Microsoft Defender Antivirus to Desktop Context Menu

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Add_Microsoft_Defender_Antivirus_to_desktop_context_menu.reg

Download

 3. To Remove Microsoft Defender Antivirus from Desktop Context Menu

This is the default setting.

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Remove_Microsoft_Defender_Antivirus_from_desktop_context_menu.reg

Download

4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.


That's it,
Shawn

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