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| Add Windows Defender in context menu |
Many of us now reliable upon the Microsoft owned Anti-malicious programme viz. Microsoft Security Essentials as it is light, simple, fast & secured. Now Windows Defender replaces Microsoft Security Essentials in Windows 8, but it does not include the ability to quickly right-click (context menu) folders and scan them. However, you can add this option yourself with a quick registry hack. This trick adds a “Scan with Windows Defender” option to the context menu that appears when you right-click a folder. It works similarly to the “Scan with Microsoft Security Essentials” option on previous versions of Windows. Unfortunately, there is no command that launches Windows Defender in graphical mode and initiates a scan, so we will have to launch Windows Defender in a Command Prompt window.
How to add
- Download and Run a .reg File
- You can add this option to your registry by downloading and running the file below. This will do everything for you – just download the.zip file, open it, and double-click the AddWindowsDefenderToContextMenu.reg file it contains.