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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?
- 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
I had the same problem. I could open Windows Security as my admin user, but not as my unprivileged user. Nothing on this thread fixed it. Here's what worked:
Step 1. While logged into Windows as my regular user, I started PowerShell 7 (x64) in Administrator code and ran these two commands:
Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.SecHealthUI -AllUsers
The second command showed a bunch of information, including the InstallLocation.
Step 2. I started PowerShell 7 (x64) in regular mode, so that it ran as my regular user. I entered a command like this, where InstallLocation was the value from Step 1, above:
add-appxpackage -disabledevelopmentmode -register ('InstallLocation\AppxManifest.xml')
This was the exact text of my command; yours may vary:
add-appxpackage -disabledevelopmentmode -register ('C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SecHealthUI_1000.22000.1.0_neutral__8wekyb3d8bbwe\AppxManifest.xml')
That fixed the problem. By the way, once it was fixed, the command "Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.SecHealthUI -AllUsers" showed both my usernames in its PackageUserInformation value.
Step 1. While logged into Windows as my regular user, I started PowerShell 7 (x64) in Administrator code and ran these two commands:
Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.SecHealthUI -AllUsers
The second command showed a bunch of information, including the InstallLocation.
Step 2. I started PowerShell 7 (x64) in regular mode, so that it ran as my regular user. I entered a command like this, where InstallLocation was the value from Step 1, above:
add-appxpackage -disabledevelopmentmode -register ('InstallLocation\AppxManifest.xml')
This was the exact text of my command; yours may vary:
add-appxpackage -disabledevelopmentmode -register ('C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SecHealthUI_1000.22000.1.0_neutral__8wekyb3d8bbwe\AppxManifest.xml')
That fixed the problem. By the way, once it was fixed, the command "Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.SecHealthUI -AllUsers" showed both my usernames in its PackageUserInformation value.
My microsoft Windows defender is not working I have tried multiple suggestions using powershell commands to get it working again but NONE of them work for me
Please help me