How to fix "You'll need a new app to open this windowsdefender link" when trying to open Windows Defender in Win 11 Preview? [duplicate]
I have upgraded to the Windows 11 Preview through the beta program. Trying to start Windows Defender yields in an error message:
Googling the issue, there is supposed to be a fix for Windows 10 by running:
Add-AppxPackage -Register -DisableDevelopmentMode "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.SecHealthUI_cw5n1h2txyewy\AppXManifest.xml"
from an admin power shell.
In Windows 11 preview I get an error though:
Add-AppxPackage : Cannot find path
'C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.SecHealthUI_cw5n1h2txyewy\AppXManifest.xml' because it does not exist.
At line:1 char:1
+ Add-AppxPackage -Register -DisableDevelopmentMode "C:\Windows\SystemA ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:\Windows\Syst...ppXManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], ItemNotFou
ndException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Solution 1:
Open an admin powershell and run:
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.SecHealthUI -AllUsers | Reset-AppxPackage
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