Detect application failures caused by deprecated Windows DLLs
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
System > Troubleshooting and Diagnostics > Application Compatibility Diagnostics
Supported on
At least Windows Vista

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista

This setting exists only for backward compatibility, and is not valid for this version of Windows. To configure the Program Compatibility Assistant, use the 'Turn off Program Compatibility Assistant' setting under Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Application Compatibility.

Internal name
DetectDeprecatedComponentFailuresPolicy
Policy ID
fc8acd1dd533
Elements
1

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WDI\{659F08FB-2FAB-42a7-BD4F-566CFA528769}
Value name
ScenarioExecutionEnabled
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WDI\{659F08FB-2FAB-42a7-BD4F-566CFA528769}
Value name
ScenarioExecutionEnabled
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

ScopeElementTypeRegistry mappingConstraints & behaviorCopy
Computer
Scenario Execution Level
ID DetectDeprecatedComponentFailuresLevel
enum
Path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WDI\{659F08FB-2FAB-42a7-BD4F-566CFA528769}
Value name
EnabledScenarioExecutionLevel
Type
REG_DWORD
Options: Detection and Troubleshooting Only (1), Detection, Troubleshooting and Resolution (2)
Scenario Execution Level
Computer · Type enum
Registry mapping
Path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WDI\{659F08FB-2FAB-42a7-BD4F-566CFA528769}
Value name
EnabledScenarioExecutionLevel
Type
REG_DWORD
Details
Options: Detection and Troubleshooting Only (1), Detection, Troubleshooting and Resolution (2)