Hi, I'm using Windows 11 21H2. It can disable Windows Defender and works well. But after the computer restarts, the Windows Defender becomes enabled again. So I need to run it after reboot. Could you make it permanently disable the Windows Defender?

I am trying to compile your code in visual studio 2022 but it says that imgui.h file and other .h files related to imgui files are not there. As I explored the repository, I figured they are in the imgui folder. But even if they are here, it still says it cannot find them when compiling. Can you help with that?

See title for the problem. All the changes are reverted upon reboot, and all Group Policy changes made to Windows Defender are also reverted. Seems like Microsoft hates this one weird trick to get 50% of our CPU back and +200% battery lifetime...

after disabling my defender-control i cant reset my computer anymore or download anything from the microsoft store any idea on how i can enable windows defender again

Since latest Windows 10 Update, defender-control doesn't work anymore for me.

Error Message: "Failed to write to DisableAntiSpywareFailed to write to DisableRealTimeMonitoring"

Hi, I just started out in github im wondering if you can add a feature so we can run them in silent without the prompts? maybe add start arguments as "-s" to run it silently? or have it run in cmd as like "disable-defender.exe -silent"

Nice tool! Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

I like to disable defender in my backup batch script and enable it after backup is finished. Would be nice if the windows of defender-control is not waiting for a key press. With a command line option like -b for batch mode or a complete silent mode -s without a window?

Both (-disable/-enable) in one .exe via command line would be great too, so I only have to set exceptions for one file.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Go to https://github.com/qtkite/defender-control/releases/tag/v1.2
2. click on "disable-defender.exe"
3. Get error "Faild-Download error"

Looks like TrustedInstaller cannot stop the windefend service anymore. It now says that it fails to stop the service and that it cannot write to TamperProtection, DisableRealTimeMonitoring, etc.

It worked well on Windows 10, but it does not seem to work on Window 11. When I run it on Window 11, the output is:

failed to write to TamperProtection
Windows defender is currently ACTIVE
Failed to write to DisableAntiSpywareFailed to write to DisableRealTimeMonitoring
Disabled windows defender!
Press any key to continue . . .

It says that it has disabled Defender, but the MsMpEng/CP are still running. and real-time projection is still on.

and next time I run defender-control, it still says the same output as above that includes "Windows defender is currently ACTIVE". I have rebooted the computer, but it was the same.

Please, in the next version, release a single program that can either enable or disable defender. That is, if defender is active the program displays a message and asks if the user wants to disable it. And, if defender is disabled the program displays a message and asks the user if he wants to enable it. Thanks for a nice program.

PS : A silent version would be nice too - basically toggle the state of defender.

When trying to open disable-defender.exe on Windows 11 Home 21H2 I'm getting this error: Operation did not complete successfully because the file contains a virus or potentially unwanted software

I tried disabling the real-time protection, but the Security at a glance screen is empty for me. Tried some solutions for the empty screen from the internet, but nothing worked.

I am not able to open security settings ,it just won't open after After disabling defender and then after enabling defender and restarting it wont open. #please help with any fixes!

Now i can't even disable defender as it shows it is a virus and neither can i open windows security so as to disable virus scanning etc

User: Administrator output:

failed to write to TamperProtection
Windows defender is currently ACTIVE
Failed to write to DisableAntiSpywareFailed to write to DisableRealTimeMonitoring
Disabled windows defender!
Press any key to continue . . .

OS info: