No Microsoft Defender Antivirus provider after all other antivirus software is carefully removed

[NPhillips1]

I have removed all McAfee and MalwareBytes software using their software removal tools and was able to get the Microsoft Defender AntiVirus working on a single restart, but now it says there are no providers. Have can I activate Microsoft Defender Antivirus?


I have already followed all the steps on Problems starting Windows Defender in Windows 8/8.1/10 several times.

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