windows-defender-remover VS ExplorerPatcher

With 11 (or possibly newer versions of 10, haven't tried lately) this doesn't seem to actually disable MsMpEng.exe from loading anymore. Using something like https://github.com/jbara2002/windows-defender-remover seems to work though.

Or just run https://github.com/jbara2002/windows-defender-remover which is a much more effective way of removing it without installing spyware to do so

I finally found the right tool! (it also disables UAC User Account Control) https://github.com/jbara2002/windows-defender-remover I know i'm at a lot more risk now but i'd rather have some good performance then good security as browsers these days also scan for security threats.

like a month or two ago I tired to uninstall windows defender with a tool. this one: https://github.com/jbara2002/windows-defender-remover

First was Chris Titus Tech Windows Utility Second was Windows Defender Remover And third was Sycnex's W10 Debloater

For those asking for the scripts, here they are: Remove preinstalled applications Remove preinstalled applications (this one has GUI) Set services to manual (Can also remove applications) Uninstall MS Store Disable Windows Defender As my people in the comments have pointed out, don't run all of them unless you want to break your system later on.

Defender Remover

You can use https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher to change the hotkey

> Windows 11 brings absolutely nothing on the table

It also removes a leg from the table, the one labelled 'usability'.

Attaching a 3rd-party leg to fill the gap helps (https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher), but it's not an ideal solution

ExplorerPatcher

I had more problems with it being wide, merging all app windows in a single icon, showing only icon rather then app title, and not being able to move to top of screen

That may be fixed with https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher which restores win10 bar, there's no builtin solution to any of the above afaik

Thanks for letting me know. I looked into it, and apparently it's still even possible to activate on later versions of Windows with registry edits and helper software: https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/discussions/167

Not going to install something that seems so vague, but I do use ExplorerPatcher [1] on my Windows 11 machines to basically re-create Windows 10 UI and fix all of the annoyances I have with Windows 11. I've got the old right click menu, the old task bar, the old alt-tab interface, pretty much the whole thing. Only reason I use Windows 11 over Windows 10 is because Windows 11 seems to handle my triple monitor setup better, especially when waking up from sleep.

[1] - https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher