
Highlight the file Setup.exe, right-click it, and choose Properties.explorer “%PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Security Client\”.


If you’re in the same situation, you’ll also discover that it is impossible to remove Microsoft Security Essentials from Programs and Features when attempting to do so, you simply receive a generic message which states “You don’t need to install Microsoft Security Essentials.” That’s great, Microsoft, because we don’t want to install it, we want to uninstall it.Īnyway, the solution to this problem is actually quite simple: This is baffling, because MSSE isn’t designed to work with Windows 10 (it doesn’t work), and plus, it precludes the use of Windows Defender, which is essentially the Windows 10 upgraded equivalent of MSSE.

Recently, I encountered two different workstations that had upgraded to Windows 10 from Windows 7 on which Microsoft Security Essentials inexplicably was not uninstalled during the upgrade process by Windows Setup.
