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I recently have the problem where Windows Defender turns itself off and I have to restart it on reboot. According the articles I read, it could be related the the WMI repository. When I try to run winmgmt /salvagerepository I get the following:<br />
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C:\Windows\system32&gt;winmgm<wbr />t /verifyrepository<br />
WMI repository verification failed<br />
Error code: &nbsp; &nbsp; 0x800700C1<br />
Facility: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Win32<br />
Description: &nbsp; &nbsp;%1 is not a valid Win32 application<br />
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Where do I go from here?
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I recently have the problem where Windows Defender turns itself off and I have to restart it on reboot. According the articles I read, it could be related the the WMI repository. When I try to run winmgmt /salvagerepository I get the following:


C:\Windows\system32>winmgmt /verifyrepository
WMI repository verification failed
Error code:     0x800700C1
Facility:       Win32
Description:    %1 is not a valid Win32 application

Where do I go from here?

winmgmt /salvagerepository Fails

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