Solved Ran Windows 11 Repair Procedure and Defender Anti Virus Unavailable

MartinS · May 16, 2024

Hello All. I had to run the Windows 11 Repair procedure where all that was saved was my personal files. Afterwards I reinstalled all my necessary applications, and everything has been running fine EXCEPT Windows Defender. It is not allowing me to run a scan and I get the message, "Your IT administrator has limited access to some areas of this app. and the item you tried to access is not available. Contact IT helpdesk for more information".

I've scanned this forum and tried several of the recommended repairs to no avail, or they do not apply. I was at the latest version prior to the Repair (Windows Insider), but now seem to be on a much older version. I'm running:

Windows 11 Pro
Version 21H2
Build 22000.2538
Repaired 04/20/2024

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you!

antspants · May 16, 2024

MartinS said:
I've scanned this forum and tried several of the recommended repairs to no avail, or they do not apply.

Hi. Members might just suggest the same possible fixes if you don’t mention what it is you tried

Wisewiz · May 16, 2024

What exactly is the " the Windows 11 Repair procedure" you followed?
The absence of a functioning Defender has popped up several times before on this forum, and the cure has alway been to do an in-place repair upgrade, with all personal files and apps retained. It's quick and easy, and you don't have to re-install any of your apps. See this:

Repair Install Windows 11 with an In-place Upgrade

This tutorial will show you how to do a repair install of Windows 11 by performing an in-place upgrade without losing anything. If you need to repair or create a new recovery partition or having problems with the Windows 11 operating system on your PC, and the usual solutions will not fix it...

www.elevenforum.com

MartinS · May 16, 2024

The "In Place Upgrade" would not work for me as it would cause me to loose my applications (again). When trying it, I did not have that option. The Repair would only save my data.

I also tried following the YouTube video that said to run SecurityHealthSetup32.exe... That executable does not exist on my machine.

Ran the cmd.exe as Administrator script that was posted. The scrip executed correctly, but did not change anything on the system. The system was "healthy".

Wisewiz · May 16, 2024

MartinS said:
The "In Place Upgrade" would not work for me as it would cause me to loose my applications (again). When trying it, I did not have that option.

In that case, Martin, just to confirm: Are you sure you followed the instructions in the tutorial I linked TO THE LETTER?

MartinS · May 16, 2024

Yes. Step 3 is slightly different on my version, and Step 4 does not give me the option to save my apps... only data.

glasskuter · May 16, 2024

MartinS said:
The "In Place Upgrade" would not work for me as it would cause me to loose my applications (again)

You should have used the iso or installation media option (OPTION 2) in the tutorial. If done correctly an inplace upgrade using this method does not remove applications or user files.

Wisewiz · May 16, 2024

Martin, @glasskuter is absolutely right. You aren't reading and following the tutorial EXACTLY, or you would have the save files option. Note: the OPTION ONE is NOT the option for you. It's OPTION TWO, and there should be no differences in steps 3 or 4.

Fabler2 · May 16, 2024

Have a look here,

Redirecting

The securityhealthsetup zip file comes from the the volunteer mod's Onedrive. If you're going to try it then scan the file with something like Malwarebytes first, just to be cautious.

MartinS · May 16, 2024

Running the securityhealthsetup.exe file and a restart fixed the issue! Thank you. Great support

Wisewiz · May 16, 2024

Martin, please go to your first post, find the Mark Solved button, and click it. Keeps members from rushing in to help. Thanks.

garlin · May 16, 2024

Fabler2 said:
Have a look here,

Redirecting

The securityhealthsetup zip file comes from the the volunteer mod's Onedrive. If you're going to try it then scan the file with something like Malwarebytes first, just to be cautious.

Here's a direct MS download of the same executable file:

Code:

http://download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/defu/2023/11/securityhealthsetup_76fc0a39cf868048394de1fc7dbe55fe04a4f281.exe

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