System Tray Icon

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Hi,
I just installed Windows Defender but System tray icon is not displaying. Is
this problem with me only or it's something else?
Regards
Imran
 
This is a design decision. It is being changed to make the default no icon,
but allow the user to choose to have the icon if they wish--this will appear
in a later build.
 
That was my first question, too. Without the icon, I was worried that it was
not running. I'm glad it will be coming back!
 
Bill, but what do we do now? With the MS AntiSpiware, I had the orange circle
icon in the notification area and knew that it was running. Now there is
nothing. Does the Beta runs in the background? How to find out?
 
Ilya,

For now you have to go to Start, All Programs, Windows Defender. The home
page will indicate whether the Real Time Protection is on.
 
I just installed defender an hour ago. There was an icon in the task bar that
looked like a castle. I've just noticed that it’s disappeared. I've tried
starting Defender up again but still no Icon. When I run MSASCui.exe so he
tells me that Defender is ON but I need to exit from this window. How do I
know if Defender is still running once I exit the window?

I tried killing the two tasks in Task Manager (MSASCui.exe and MsMpEng.exe)
and restarting Defender but I get an error that it did not initialise
properly.

I'd really like that icon back. It’s very disconcerting.
 
Bill, I also got my answer, however, I wish it would be different... It's not
convenient to not know what's going on. In the past, with the MS AntiSpaware,
when it was running, I knew it. When there was a problem, I knew it. When
files were scanned, I knew it. Wery comforting... May be MS will listen to
our wishes?
 
I also thought it was a good feature. It's a conforting feeling to know that
its running just by looking at the taskbar, and to be able to open it right
from there. Hopefully they will add in in a later build.
 
I'd encourage some skepticism here. I may be totally off base, but here's
what I am thinking:

Windows Defender consists of a service--the Windows Defender service, which
runs as a system service at startup. Coupled with this is a user mode
program MSASCui.exe which displays the icon and provides UI to interact with
the service.

So--real time protection, and scanning, (which is provided by a separated
command-line program)--are both provided by programs not directly associated
with the icon that everyone wants to be able to cuddle with.

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