Windows Defender Trick

[panais]

Nothing spectacular.
Just a little trick,maybe helpful if you use WD often.
Try this…
On Notification Area* point ur mouse UNDER any icon and double click. (Under the icon Not on the icon).
Result: The Windows Defender Appears.
For me works fine when I double click under NOD32 or Logitech set point icon.
(Of course you don’t need this if you allways have WD icon on notification area*)
I personally use this trick because i hate to have a dozen of icons on my notification area so i disable\remove them.
*Notification Area It's that area over there on the right side of the Taskbar where the clock is located.

If this works for you with any way please infor me.


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Εχω ανακαλυψει τυχαια ενα κολπακι,τιποτα σπουδαιο αλλα ισως χρησιμο σε καποιον που χρισιμοποια συχνα τον wd.
Απλα πατω 2 φορες κατω απο μια εικονα στο notification area (εκει που ειναι το ρολοι) κανω διπλο κλικ δηλαδης, και εμφανιζεται ο windows defender.
χωρις να εχω εικονα του wd εκει.
Για μενα προσωπικα ειναι καλο γιατι εχω φυγει σχεδον ολες τις εικονες απο το notification area (δεν μου αρεσει να εχω εκει ενα σορο εικονες)
Σε μενα ειδικα δουλευει οταν πατησω κατω απο την εικονα του nod32 η του logitech setpoint ανειγει ο windows defender.

 

[Brink]

Hi Panais,

I gave it a try and it does not do this for me.

Shawn

 

[panais]

Strange.
Works fine for me.
Anyone else?

 

[JaxMacFL]

A no-go here either. :>(

 

[panais]

I have windows defender icon disable.

Maybe i will create and upload a small video with that trick.
But,i will like to know why this happent.

 

[t-4-2]

I have windows defender icon disable.
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Maybe i will create and upload a small video with that trick.
But,i will like to know why this happent.

Hello, Panais. I works on mine. One minor detail : * under * one of the icons, not away from the icons. Under one of the icons, double click and Windows Defender will show up. Thank you, neat little trick.

 

[panais]

UNDER the icons i mean UNDER the icons.
NOT AWAY FROM THE ICONS NOT MILES AWAY FROM THE ICONS.
JUUUST UNDER THE ICONS.
(Works fine on 32bit and 64bit)

 

[Brink]

I believe you Panais. I have seen this neat little trick floating around the net. I just wish I could recreate it. Perhaps something else must be set somewhere for it to work?

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hi panais

I have windows defender icon disable.

I also have WD enabled in the Stareup file in msconfig.
Your trick works for me! Now if only I can remember it!


Later Ted

 

[t-4-2]

I believe you Panais. I have seen this neat little trick floating around the net. I just wish I could recreate it. Perhaps something else must be set somewhere for it to work?

Hello, Brink. It does work, and requires nothing to be set. Just go UNDER one of those icons, and double click. Presto, windows defender! By the way, I enjoy your tutorials.

 

[Brink]

Sorry t-4-2,

I clicked that little mouse to death, but it's still a no go.

Oh well.

 

[t-4-2]

Sorry t-4-2,

I clicked that little mouse to death, but it's still a no go.

Oh well.

hello, Brink. Do you have a touchpad icon in the taskbar ? Go under it and double click. I got it every time.

 

[Brink]

Sorry, no touchpad icon.

Only these:



1. Windows Live Mail
2. COMODO Firewall Pro
3. Weather Watcher
4. Avast antivirus
5. Network
6. Volume

 

[panais]

I searched on the net for days before i write WD trick here and it was nowhere.
So i believe...
Windows Defender Trick started on www.vistax64.com by me panais.

 

[t-4-2]

Sorry, no touchpad icon.

Only these:

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1. Windows Live Mail
2. COMODO Firewall Pro
3. Weather Watcher
4. Avast antivirus
5. Network
6. Volume

Hello Brink. It works on touchpad, Information Alert, windows sidebar, McAfee. Perhaps , try Avast ?

 

[Brink]

Nope, not on Avast or Windows Sidebar for me either. I was just curious about why it works on some and not others. No big deal.

 

[Dwarf]

Sorry, but it doesn't work for me either (it sounds a bit hit and miss, anyway). A much better solution is to create a shortcut to the program and place it in your Quick Launch toolbar. To do this, click the start orb and type 'Windows Defender' into the search box. Right click on this program in the results panel and drag it to the Quick Launch area of your taskbar. Release the mouse button and from the menu that appears, select the 'Create Shortcuts Here' option. You now have a convenient shortcut available on your Quick Launch toolbar. Note that you may need to resize the toolbar in order to make this shortcut visible. The same method can also be used for any other programs that you want to be accessible in this way. Just substitute the name of the required program in place of 'Windows Defender' in the above instructions.
Dwarf

 

[Brink]

I agree Dwarf, it's a bit of a hit and miss.

You could also dot the Always option in Windows Defender Tools and Options to have a icon in the Notification area.

 

[dmex]

Hi Panais,

I gave it a try and it does not do this for me.

Shawn

Some luck as brink... We just cant replicate dodgy Vista`s

 

[Dwarf]

Shawn, point taken about the method to show Windows Defender in the notification area. However, I think that the default setting is better. Having the icon appear when the program detects something suspect means that you are made aware of the situation much sooner and are therefore more likely to do something about it before the problem escalates. I personally prefer to create a shortcut in the Quick Launch toolbar in order to manually run the program, but to have the notification icon appear when something is detected by it.
Dwarf