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Asuka_Okami
Brass Contributor
Aug 06, 2021
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Issue with Windows Defender on Windows 11

I cannot open any of the settings on windows defender, when i try to it tells me to look for a compatible app in the Microsoft Store. Is this a bug or some other (fixable) issue?
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    fggIB
    Aug 07, 2021
    I had this problem on all machines updated from 19043.1151 to 22000.120.
    This command from elevated PowerShell fixed the problem for me, try it and report the results:

    Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.SecHealthUI -AllUsers | Reset-AppxPackage

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luizfernandorg1
Copper Contributor
Feb 18, 2022

Asuka_Okami So I had the same problem since I upgrade from Windows 10 to 11, the problem is I have two users one is a normal user and another one as an Administrative user account, through the Administrative account I was able to access Windows Security, and then open the Windows Defender, what didn’t happen using the normal user, in the normal user it asks to install an App to open “windowsdefender”. so my conclusion is that Windows 11 limited Windows Security to be open only by Administrators’ accounts, but on Windows 10 I had the same users, and both I was able to open Windows Defender and make scans, now, through normal user account I only was able to open PowerShell as Administrator and execute scans using Windows Defender through the command line.

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