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Using Set-MpPreference to schedule Windows full and quick scans doesn't work

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On a Windows 10 machine, I have been trying to set the time of virus scans using the following PowerShell commands.

Set-MpPreference -ScanParameters FullScan
Set-MpPreference -ScanScheduleDay Monday
Set-MpPreference -ScanScheduleTime (Get-Date 20:00)
Set-MpPreference -ScanOnlyIfIdleEnabled 0

Set-MpPreference -ScanScheduleQuickScanTime (Get-Date 10:00)

However, Windows Defender doesn't seem to obey any of my instructions. Looking on the Event Viewer > Applications and Services Logs > Microsoft > Windows > Windows Defender > Operational, I see that Windows has been doing quick scans, but not at the time I specified. Sometimes later, sometimes earlier. Also it has not done a single full scan since I ran this script.

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What's more, after running this script, it seems that my "Windows Defender Scheduled Scan" task in Task Scheduler was deleted. I expected that the Mp-Preference code would modify this scheduled scan task, not delete it.

Has anyone else found that Set-MpPreference also doesn't work for them? Or can anyone confirm that it does work for them? If so, did you have to do anything to make it work? Thanks.

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