Recent content by LesFerch

Simply for the convenience. The script works fine. It's just that, for some reason, @Tester has to right-click and select "Run as Administrator" (on some machines) instead of just double-clicking the script which already self-elevates using the RunAs verb. That's a problem I'm sure would affect...

No. Only the original ClearDefenderHistory.bat used TrustedInstaller. It stopped working for most of us recently. The current ClearDefenderHistory.cmd script that creates a task (and the previous version that created a RunOnce entry) only pop up a UAC prompt so that the script can run with...

I just retested on 23H2 with both Administrator and Standard users and it worked fine with just a double-click for me. There may be some setting on your machines that affects the script. @garlin is more familiar with the self-elevation code, so I hope he's available to chime in on possible...

You will just get a console window flash if there is no Protection history to be cleared, but that would also be the case if you right-click and select "Run as Administrator". But it sounds like you're getting the reboot prompt when using "Run as Administrator", but not when double-clicking. Is...

Ahh, that clever Tihiy. It looks like he implemented his own tab add-on for the Win 10 FE. I was looking for Win11 style tabs. No malintent meant here either. My main point was really that a fancy mod program isn't needed to get the no-tabs FE (aka Windows 10 Explorer) but the mods do provide...

I said you can't get the Windows 11 Explorer without tabs. On Windows 11, currently the only way to not get tabs is to run the Windows 10 Explorer. So maybe we are saying the same thing a different way? And you also can't get the classic ribbon UI with tabs (unless you install something like...

Any option, in any patch program, that gives you the "classic ribbon UI" is using the Windows 10 Explorer that is still included with Windows 11 and can be launched at any time by simply opening the Control Panel and clicking the up arrow icon once or twice. There is no option that run the...

There is no option available to get the Windows 11 Explorer without tabs, other than rolling Windows 11 a long way back. No ViveTool option. No 3rd party mod option. I doubt that will change, as it seems the no-tab Windows 11 Explorer code is no longer in the OS. The WindHawk mod mentioned will...

:thumbsup: I wrote the other program. :-)

Script revised: https://lesferch.github.io/ClearDefenderHistory/ @Steve C Please try this new version. Thanks!

Great! I'll revise the standalone script to use the same method. And Thanks!

Here are some options to safely trigger a detection: https://www.eicar.org/download-anti-malware-testfile/ Scroll down to "download area" and download any one of the test files. https://m2team.org/en-us/ Click the NSudo link

@Tester One more method for you to try: https://lesferch.github.io/RightClickTools/ Use the "Clear History" menu item and you'll see a "Defender history" checkbox.

It's good! A mystery to solve and more input to help solve it.

@Tester Does this script work for you? https://lesferch.github.io/ClearDefenderHistory/