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realistpnoy

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i cant uninstall windows defender...

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Control Panel -> Add/Remove programs
find Windows Defender and uninstall
Then reboot and manually delete the folder called "Windows Defender" in
C:\Program files

http://www.microsoft...e/newsgroups/...

How to troubleshoot definition update issues for Windows Defender beta 2:
http://support.micro...om/?kbid=918355
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when i try ti uninstall in addremove program it show that error
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have you tried alternate path

find defenders folder...........it should be in c drive....program files

not sure if this one will work

uninstall windows installer then try to remove

you can always reinstall windows installer later
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uninstalled windows installer and same error
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have you got norton installed
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using avg
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try using ccleaner-http://www.ccleaner.com/

cheers...xxx1
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when i try to delete it in ccleaner it says cannot delete msi installer
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anyone? i just wanna remove windows defender from add/remove program
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