Windows Defender not working in Windows 10

Today I experienced a problem in my Windows 10 Creator's Update system. I noticed that my Windows Defender was not working properly and a red x was by the Virus and Threat scan feature.

Many people have said that Malwarebytes is the cause of this. They say that Malwarebytes disables the features of Windows Defender.

After some research I found by opening the start menu - run and typing gpedit.msc

Once this menu is open click Policies - Administrative templates - Windows components - Windows Defender Antivirus.

When you have Windows Defender Antivirus open scroll down until you see it say - Turn off Windows Defender Antivirus - doubleclick that feature and select disable

Still get free Windows 10 Upgrade (7/24/2017)

Head on over to https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility/windows10upgrade and get your free copy of Windows 10

:)

unable to delete file source path too long

When working with a client I was unable to move or delete a file/folder because I got a message from windows saying the source path name was too long.

Here's what I did to fix it:

From the explorer window where you have trouble, click the addressbar so you can type in it, then type cmd and press Enter to start a command prompt at that location, then proceed at step 3. :)

When you are in explorer at the right path, just type in subst j: . in the addressbar (or any drive letter not assigned to a drive) and press enter. A command window will pop up, execute the command and close again, and there you go, a new drive pops up in explorer.

Now you can go into that drive letter you just assigned and delete the file where the name was too long.