Microsoft Security Essentials was my preferable antivirus in Windows 7, however Windows 8 uses Windows Defender, but there is no right-click context menu that will allow a user to scan any folder.
I won’t explain the manual method, but only I will use a simple Windows Registry file.
To add Windows Defender to context menu:
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\WindowsDefender] @="" "Icon"="%ProgramFiles%\\Windows Defender\\EppManifest.dll" "MUIVerb"="Scan with Windows Defender" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\WindowsDefender\Command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\Windows Defender\\MpCmdRun.exe\" -scan -scantype 3 -SignatureUpdate -file \"%1\""
To remove Windows Defender from context menu:
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\WindowsDefender] @="" "Icon"="%ProgramFiles%\\Windows Defender\\EppManifest.dll" "MUIVerb"="Scan with Windows Defender" [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\WindowsDefender\Command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\Windows Defender\\MpCmdRun.exe\" -scan -scantype 3 -SignatureUpdate -file \"%1\""
You can download it from HERE.
Enjoy !
Tagged: tips, windows 8, windows defender
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