{"id":3862,"date":"2016-08-19T13:00:34","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T07:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=3862"},"modified":"2024-04-02T08:25:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T02:55:12","slug":"windows-defender-scan-cascading-menu-desktop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/windows-defender-scan-cascading-menu-desktop\/","title":{"rendered":"Add Microsoft Defender Options as Cascading Right-Click Menu in Desktop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a registry tweak that adds some Windows Defender options to the Desktop Context menu as a cascading menu so you can quickly run a scan, update, or open Microsoft Defender.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Download <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/defender_menu.zip\">defender_menu.zip<\/a>, unzip it and run the enclosed REG file.<\/p>\n<p>When you right-click on the desktop, you&#8217;ll see a Microsoft Defender menu option with a sub-menu containing open, scan, settings, quick scan, and full scan options.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/defender-cascade-options.png\" alt=\"defender scan options as cascading menu\" width=\"483\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Registry File Contents<\/h3>\n<pre>Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00\n\n;Ramesh Srinivasan\n;Winhelponline.com\n;Adds Defender cascading menu in Desktop Right-click menu\n\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\DesktopBackground\\Shell\\WindowsDefender]\n\"Icon\"=\"C:\\\\Program Files\\\\Windows Defender\\\\EppManifest.dll\"\n\"SubCommands\"=\"WD-Open;WD-Update;WD-QuickScan;WD-FullScan\"\n\"Muiverb\"=\"Microsoft Defender\"\n\n[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\CommandStore\\shell\\WD-FullScan]\n@=\"Full Scan\"\n\"Icon\"=\"C:\\\\Program Files\\\\Windows Defender\\\\EppManifest.dll\"\n\n[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\CommandStore\\shell\\WD-FullScan\\command]\n@=\"\\\"C:\\\\Program Files\\\\Windows Defender\\\\MpCmdRun.exe\\\" -Scan -ScanType 2\"\n\n[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\CommandStore\\shell\\WD-Open]\n@=\"Open\"\n\"Icon\"=\"C:\\\\Program Files\\\\Windows Defender\\\\EppManifest.dll\"\n\n[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\CommandStore\\shell\\WD-Open\\command]\n@=\"explorer.exe windowsdefender:\/\/\"\n\n[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\CommandStore\\shell\\WD-QuickScan]\n@=\"Quick Scan\"\n\"Icon\"=\"C:\\\\Program Files\\\\Windows Defender\\\\EppManifest.dll\"\n\n[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\CommandStore\\shell\\WD-QuickScan\\command]\n@=\"\\\"C:\\\\Program Files\\\\Windows Defender\\\\MpCmdRun.exe\\\" -Scan -ScanType 1\"\n\n[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\CommandStore\\shell\\WD-Update]\n@=\"Update\"\n\"Icon\"=\"C:\\\\Program Files\\\\Windows Defender\\\\EppManifest.dll\"\n\n[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\CommandStore\\shell\\WD-Update\\command]\n@=\"explorer.exe windowsdefender:\/\/update\/\"\n<\/pre>\n<h3>See also<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/mpcmdrun-signature-update-and-quickscan-one-go\/\">How to Update Microsoft Defender and Run a Quick Scan in a single click<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/windows-security-windowsdefender-urls\/\">Windows Security URL Shortcuts for Each Page (WindowsDefender:\/\/)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a registry tweak that adds some Windows Defender options to the Desktop Context menu as a cascading menu so you can quickly run a scan, update, or open Microsoft Defender.<\/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":[7],"tags":[441,661],"class_list":["post-3862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows","tag-registry","tag-windows-defender"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5817,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/ms-settings-uri-cascading-menu-desktop-windows-10\/","url_meta":{"origin":3862,"position":0},"title":"Add &#8220;Settings&#8221; Cascading Context Menu on the Desktop in Windows 10","author":"Ramesh","date":"November 8, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Microsoft has moved most of the Control Panel features into the Settings UI in Windows 10, and at some point the classic Control Panel may be removed altogether. 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