Policy

Hide the file scan progress window

Microsoft Windows

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Hide the file scan progress window
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
System > Windows File Protection
Supported on
Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 only

Supported OS tags: Windows2000, WindowsServer2003, WindowsXP

This policy setting hides the file scan progress window. This window provides status information to sophisticated users, but it might confuse novices. If you enable this policy setting, the file scan window does not appear during file scanning. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the file scan progress window appears.

Internal name
WFPShowProgress
Policy ID
8fb765658004
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Windows File Protection
Value name
SfcShowProgress
REG_DWORD
HKLM
0
HKLM
1
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Windows File Protection
Value name
SfcShowProgress
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
0
Disabled value
1

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

This policy has no additional user input fields.