Windows 8 comes with the package with your own program antivirus, more precisely with Windows Defender, which replaces in the new operating system antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials. In any case, Windows Defender does not include OPTION from a scan the folders of Windows 8 using the click-right menu, but users who are not satisfied with this, can easily solve the problem with the help of a register hack. It will add to the click-right menu of Windows 8 Option Scan with Windows Defender (which will work similar to the option Scan with Microsoft Security Essentials available in Previous versions of Windows).
How can we add Scan with Windows Defender to the click-right menu of Windows 8?
- open Run (using the combination of keys Windows + R), then tutted regedit and click on OK
- in Registry Editor, navigated catre HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTFoldershell
- sub shell Create the subkey WindowsDefender (Give right click on shell In the left panel, then select New > Key from the displayed menu)
- sub WindowsDefender, in the right panel, create string entrance Icon, which then give him the value
%ProgramFiles%\Windows Defender\EppManifest.dll
- Then, below WindowsDefender (and also in the right panel) Create String Entrance Muverb, to whom you give the value
Scan with Windows Defender
- In the left panel, click-right on WindowsDefender And create the subkey command
- sub command, in the right panel, click-right on the entrance Default And give it the value
“C:Program FilesWindows DefenderMpCmdRun.exe” -scan -scantype 3 -SignatureUpdate -file S_ROOTFoldershell
- Then close Registry Editor.
When you use the option Scan with Windows Defender added, scan will take place in a window Command Prompt (If the scan is very fast, the window will open and close immediately). If the scan detects problems in the system, you will be warned (and the prompt Command window will not close).
Users who do not feel comfortable to perform Manual changes in system registers, can download the archive below, which contains .Gen files To add registers and delete them (if Want to come back to the changes made).
Note: It is recommended to create a back-up of the registers before making changes in them (to avoid any unpleasant consequences).
STEALTH SETTINGS – How to add Scan with Windows Defender option in Windows 8 Context Menu
