WD not working after update from W10 system

jimbo45 · Oct 23, 2021

Hi folks
After running update from W10 system to W11 I can't do anything with Windows defender -- it seems to be running but can't access it

Rel :

WD action :

Then nothing found in the store !!

Any solutions anybody

Cheers
jimbo

BunnyJ · Oct 23, 2021

I found this and I don't know if it still works but heck.. give it a shot

From powershell.. as administrator run
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.SecHealthUI -AllUsers | Reset-AppxPackage

Bree · Oct 23, 2021

jimbo45 said:
Hi folks
After running update from W10 system to W11 I can't do anything with Windows defender -- it seems to be running but can't access it....
.....Any solutions anybody

Was the machine you upgraded a supported device for W11? Or did you need to use workarounds to get it to upgrade?

I've had issues in WD when upgrading using the hybrid W10 install media with a W11 install.wim. Mainly Windows Security when it did open was completely blank. Defender could be shown to be running normally though by testing with the EICAR test file.

Each time, a subsequent in-place upgrade using a W11 ISO and the 'delete appraiseres.dll' workaround fixed the issue.

jimbo45 · Oct 23, 2021

Bree said:
Was the machine you upgraded a supported device for W11? Or did you need to use workarounds to get it to upgrade?

I've had issues in WD when upgrading using the hybrid W10 install media with a W11 install.wim. Mainly Windows Security when it did open was completely blank. Defender could be shown to be running normally though by testing with the EICAR test file.

Each time, a subsequent in-place upgrade using a W11 ISO and the 'delete appraiseres.dll' workaround fixed the issue.

Hi there

Thanks for suggestions

I got round the problem -- I just did a Macrium backup of a VMWare W11 build on another machine, restored via Macrium 8 to a physical laptop, run the fix boot problems and redploy to new hardware and it's all fine !!!

I can't be bothered with running the updates again from W10 and re0installing. Bonus also is that I now have Office 2021 LTSC installed as well.

That Macrium 8 is well worth paying for -- makes a doddle out of converting Virtual machines back to physical ones again !!! (and the other way around too if needs be).

Bedtime now

cheers
jimbo