Can access programs and features

How do I get it enabled? My Windows Defender will not open also. Is it possible to use Windows Defender to disable the Programs and Features. I could have done this to myself. I have not tried to use Programs and Features for months. I get the same message when I try any of the options on the left screen.

I am the administrator. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. Original title: Programs and Features. Based on my test, login with a standard domain account and with UAC on, when we run. Then, when we would like to uninstall a program, a UAC prompt will pop up to let us input an administrator level account and password.

After that, we can uninstall a program successfully. Therefore, we may have to turn on UAC. More information:. Hope this helps.

Jeremy Wu. TechNet Community Support. One "dirty" way is via task scheduler when admin credentials are hidden. It should be run with elevated rights. Good programs are acompanied with Uninstall. Running particular Uninstall seems to be better way.

I understand "good" programs come with uninstaller but my question isnt about accessing uninstaller for every program. Based on my test, if you run command line, such as:.

If issue persists, please capture screenshots about error messages when you execute the command line. After you launch "Programs and Features" from runas are you actually able to pick any program and uninstall it? As I mentioned, I tried the command you suggested by the way your command syntax is off, you had an extra "domain".

Just in case, I tried:. While that does open "Programs and Features" like I said in my 1st post , it does not solve my issue. There is no screenshot to submit. The problem is that I cant launch any uninstallers while I am seemingly running "Programs and Features" with Administrative rights. I am not having an issue with running the command. Runas is launching "Programs and Features". What I am pointing out is that it is not truly running as an Admin because no matter what program I try to uninstall, I cant because I receive a message about not having sufficient rights.

Thanks for the reply. I have done another test on a non-domain joined machine. In order to open appwiz. Then, open a command prompt and input. ShellExView can be useful to see which shell extensions have been introduced into Explorer by third party applications. Click on the Company column to alphabetically sequence the entries. Assuming that the Microsoft entries are bona fide, is there anything else listed that is either unnecessary or suspicious? If so, highlight it and click the red button to disable it.

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