Re: Windows Defender Tray Notification Missing After System Start...

"Susan" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Here is a possible solution until MS does a possible Windows Defender
> update? After a Google search I found a number of ppl having the same
> problem and what one person discovered/posted here:
>
> http://www.mydigitallife.info/2006/0...fication-area/
>
> Here is the text that I cleaned up a little:
>
>>Hektor
>>October 23rd, 2008 14:35
>>I had the same problem that most people had, windows defender tray icon
>>didnt appear even with the options of always enable and everything; but
>>the real solution is to put in the run command (regedit):
>>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Cu rrentVersion\Run
>>
>>"C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MSASCui.exe" -hide
>>
>>instead of
>>
>>%Program Files\Windows Defender\MSASCui.exe -hide
>
> [When I looked at my reg line I found:
> %ProgramFiles%\Windows Defender\MSASCui.exe -hide
> No space between Program Files and the second following '%']
>
>>to be honest i dont know why it works that way but for dumb problems dumb
>>solutions
>
> I tried other possibilities like removing the '-hide' and adding a
> space between 'Program Files' but those changes in and of themselves
> made no difference. However, dropping the '%'s in favor of "C:\..."
> above seems to have worked perfect. Not only did Defender's tray icon
> appear before KIS 2009 (Kaspersky Internet Security 2009) but it made
> some acknowledgement about Kaspersky running. I looked in Defenders
> History Allowed and Quarantined folders and found nothing so who
> knows. A second and third reboot didn't reveal anything new. As of
> right now this problem is solved.
> ~<Susan>~
>
> Don't worry about the world coming to
> an end today. It's already tomorrow in
> Australia. - Charles Schultz




Thanks for the info Susan and I'm pleased you've found a solution. : )

As a matter of interest, I looked at my registry entry, It shows
%ProgramFiles%\Windows Defender\MSASCui.exe -hide
with everything working as it should.

Does that point to a corrupted user variable string during the
disable/enable process?
I wonder if the "C:\" over-rides the variable in the string ... i.e. the
icon is now a permanent fixture?
Or maybe I'm just talking nonsense.

Following a 6 month break in civilisation, I'm about to disappear into the
far Nor-West of the country in your Sig. Remote area construction.
No internet. : (

Best of Luck Happy Computing