I installed a faulty program that deleted my windows defender

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Hello, same as this thread:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-to-reinstall-windows-security-in-windows-10/ebcfe340-9d23-47ca-b749-bd9e0590c13a

I installed a faulty program which deleted my windows defender.. I ran FRST and will attach it below. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JNDSz-cVonZ-AxJSSRKinzCK6iuT-heN?usp=share_link

Can someone please help me?

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Anonymous

2024-12-24T16:15:17+00:00

in admin command prompt?
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Ramesh 181.6K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2024-12-24T16:13:05+00:00
Run:
- del c:\windows\system32\recovery\reagent.xml /a
- md C:\Recovery\WindowsRE
- xcopy /h C:\Windows\System32\Recovery\winre.wim C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\
- reagentc /setreimage /path C:\Recovery\WindowsRE /target C:\Windows
- reagentc /enable
- reagentc /info
Then, run:
- diskpart
- sel disk 0
- sel part 3
- set id=ebd0a0a2-b9e5-4433-87c0-68b6b72699c7
- gpt attributes=0x0000000000000000
- exit
Post the output.
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Anonymous

2024-12-24T16:07:42+00:00

did everything from above
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Ramesh 181.6K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2024-12-24T15:56:50+00:00

The disk might be faulty. Maybe you can clone it to Disk 1 (using third-party apps like Macrium) and discard Disk 0. In that case, backup the data on Disk 1 to an external drive beforehand.

(or)

Let's try another option. Moving WinRE to the OS partition might help.

Extract winre.wim from the install.esd/install.wim image in your USB setup disk.

See: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-update/windows-10-updating-problems/9f1e8504-6461-4991-ad82-fcf64566a524?messageId=31b14158-c07e-4b87-be94-f66117f30c8d (Follow steps 3 to 7) No need to download the ISO as you have the USB setup disk already.

After extracting Winre.wim to the desktop, copy it to C:\Windows\System32\Recovery\

Let me know after completing the above steps.
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Anonymous

2024-12-24T15:17:59+00:00

I forgot to hit apply on the app.. when I did it it restarted because of a problem.. so the app can't make it, here is the disk management after restart
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