

"%ProgramFiles%\Windows Defender\MSASCui.exe" -FullScanĪlso, you can use the same command but adding the -Hide switch to run the full scan with the Windows Defender interface minimized. Or as an alternative, you can use the following command, which will start a full scan while opening the Windows Defender interface: "%ProgramFiles%\Windows Defender\MpCmdRun.exe" -Scan -ScanType 2 While on the desktop, right-click, and from the context menu select New, and click Shortcut.Ĭopy the following commands and paste it in the location of the item field, and click Next: Instead of opening up Windows Defender, you can use the following steps to create a shortcut to run a full virus scan on your computer: How to create a shortcut to do a full scan using Windows Defender


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