Turn off Data Execution Prevention for Explorer
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Computer
Category
Windows Components > File Explorer
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7

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

Disabling data execution prevention can allow certain legacy plug-in applications to function without terminating Explorer.

Internal name
NoDataExecutionPrevention
Policy ID
fcd5be94cf1d
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

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

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