It could, yes. Defender is one of the worse antivirus in terms of how it affects other programs that are just reading folders or getting icons from files.
Following the guides Lxp linked is also advised. See if any crash logs were created, too.
It could, yes. Defender is one of the worse antivirus in terms of how it affects other programs that are just reading folders or getting icons from files.
Following the guides Lxp linked is also advised. See if any crash logs were created, too.