I installed a faulty program that deleted my windows defender

Anonymous
2024-12-23T02:36:03+00:00

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?

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Security and privacy

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-12-24T13:57:01+00:00

    when running shrink desired=222 got the following error. What should I do next?

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  2. Ramesh 181.6K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2024-12-24T14:06:50+00:00

    Run:

    shrink querymax

    What does it output?

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-12-24T14:08:48+00:00

    here it is

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  4. Ramesh 181.6K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2024-12-24T14:11:30+00:00

    You may now exit WinRE and boot into Windows.

    The shrink command is not working. That's where the setup process is getting stuck.

    After entering Windows, please try AOMEI or MiniTool Partition Wizard and see if you can shrink the C drive by 222 MB. Let me know if that works.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-12-24T14:12:51+00:00

    how do I exit and boot into windows?

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