"You'll need a new app to open this windowsdefender link" fix

Anonymous
2022-02-09T15:04:00+00:00

Hi this post is to help people with windows 10 and 11 windows security not working

On windows 11 do this

  1. launch powershell as an admin
  2. Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
  3. Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}
  4. Set-ExecutionPolicy restricted

IGNORE THE ERRORS

on windows 10 do this

  1. launch powershell as an admin}
  2. run get-AppxPackage Microsoft.SecHealthUI -AllUsers | Reset-AppxPackage
  3. if it doesn't work do this
    4) run Add-AppxPackage -Register -DisableDevelopmentMode "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.SecHealthUI_cw5n1h2txyewy\AppXManifest.xml"
  4. run get-AppxPackage Microsoft.SecHealthUI -AllUsers | Reset-AppxPackage
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  1. Anonymous
    2023-05-02T16:30:50+00:00

    i got this error......

    Reset-AppxPackage : The term 'Reset-AppxPackage' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or

    operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try

    again.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-03-02T07:59:33+00:00

    Thank you so much. I installed it and now works. Online I haven't found anything that work. Love u.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-06-01T18:36:01+00:00

    This easy fix worked for me.

    1. Open PowerShell console as Administrator
    2. Run command: Add-AppxPackage -Register -DisableDevelopmentMode "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.SecHealthUI_cw5n1h2txyewy\AppXManifest.xml"

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-05-12T03:00:50+00:00

    I had to reinstall Win 11 Pro to fix the issue.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-04-12T09:25:27+00:00

    Thanks it works fine!

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