How to turn on and open Windows Defender?

Hi people, please help.

My Defender is turned off and I can't turn it on. I tried the first answer but it does ' t work.

Nicole

Hi people, please help.

My Defender is turned off and I can't turn it on. I tried the first answer but it does ' t work.

Nicole

> I tried first response but it does ' t work.

That will not help us if you show us what is in the "first response".

> My Defender is turned off and I can't turn it on

Any chance you have one of the following programs installed antivirus (AV)?

Norton
McAfee
AVG
Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE)

If Yes to the above, Windows Defender is turned off because the AV that you installed to deactivate it.
Why? Because they have their own advocates. To have 2 defenders on the same machine will create conflicts.

Thus, it is normal to see these AVs disable Windows Defender. You have no need to activate Windows Defender.

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