{"id":30071,"date":"2022-11-22T12:24:33","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T06:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=30071"},"modified":"2024-04-01T13:39:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T08:09:55","slug":"windows-security-windowsdefender-urls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/windows-security-windowsdefender-urls\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Security URL Shortcuts for Each Page (WindowsDefender:\/\/)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Windows Security user interface has various options. Each of these pages can be opened directly using URL shortcuts, similar to the shell: commands<\/a> we used to open special folders directly.<\/p>\n

Here’s the list of WindowsDefender:\/\/<\/code> URL protocol commands to open individual Windows Security settings pages directly via the Run dialog. You can also create desktop shortcuts for the same.<\/p>\n

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URL Protocol<\/strong><\/td>\nLaunches:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/<\/td>\nWindows Security dashboard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/account\/<\/td>\nAccount Protection<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/accountprotection\/<\/td>\nAccount Protection<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/allowappthroughfolder\/<\/td>\nAllow an app through Controlled Folder Access<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/appbrowser\/<\/td>\nApp & browser control<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/appguardsettings\/<\/td>\nApplication Guard settings<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/coreisolation\/<\/td>\nCore Isolation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/coreisolationreboot\/<\/td>\n*Reboots Windows immediately without warning*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/customscan<\/td>\nScan Options<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/dataencryption\/<\/td>\nDevice security\u00a0 \u00a0*Windows 11 only.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/devicesecurity\/<\/td>\nDevice security<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/enableandupdate\/<\/td>\nEnable Real-time protection and Update the definitions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/enablertp\/<\/td>\nEnable Real-time protection<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/exclusions\/<\/td>\nExclusions – Add or remove items to scan exclusions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/exploitprotection\/<\/td>\nExploit protection<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/family\/<\/td>\nFamily options<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/freshstart\/<\/td>\nFresh start. *Since Windows 10 v2004, Fresh start<\/a> has been moved to Reset this PC.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/fullhistory\/<\/td>\nProtection History<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/fullscan\/<\/td>\nStart a Full scan (Scan Options)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/hardware\/<\/td>\nDevice security<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/history<\/td>\nProtection History<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/network\/<\/td>\nFirewall & network protection<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/perfhealth\/<\/td>\nDevice performance & health<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/protectedfolders\/<\/td>\nProtected folders (Controlled Folder Access<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/providers\/<\/td>\nSecurity providers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/quarantinehistory\/<\/td>\nProtection history, filtered<\/strong> by quarantined items.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/quickscan\/<\/td>\nStart a quick scan (Scan Options)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/ransomwareprotection\/<\/td>\nRansomware protection<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/reboot\/<\/td>\n*Reboots Windows without warning*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/samples<\/td>\nVirus & threat protection dashboard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/securityprocessor\/<\/td>\nSecurity processor details (TPM)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/securityprocessortroubleshooting\/<\/td>\nSecurity processor troubleshooting (TPM)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/settings\/<\/td>\nWindows Security Notification settings<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/smartapp\/<\/td>\nSmart App Control. *Windows 11 only.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/smartscreenpua\/<\/td>\nReputation-based protection<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/threat\/<\/td>\nVirus & threat protection dashboard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/threatsettings\/<\/td>\nVirus & threat protection settings<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/update\/<\/td>\nUpdate the definitions immediately (Protection updates)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/updateandquickscan\/<\/td>\nUpdate the definitions immediately and run a quick scan. (Ref: command-line equivalent<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
windowsdefender:\/\/wdoscan\/<\/td>\nStart Windows Defender Offline Scan. (Reference<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Note that none of the above protocol commands will work if the Security Center (SecHealthUI) app package is missing or the service hasn’t been started. In that case, you’ll see the error: You\u2019ll Need a New App to Open This Windows Defender Link<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The above protocol commands have been last tested in Windows 10 22H2 and Windows 11 22H2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Windows Security user interface has various options. Each of these pages can be opened directly using URL shortcuts, similar to the shell: commands we used to open special folders directly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,869],"tags":[661],"class_list":["post-30071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-10","category-windows-11","tag-windows-defender"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26655,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/need-new-app-open-windows-defender-link\/","url_meta":{"origin":30071,"position":0},"title":"You’ll need a new app to open this windowsdefender link","author":"Ramesh","date":"May 9, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"After installing the Windows 11 Feature Update, you may notice that the Windows Defender Security settings page can't be opened. 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