Policy
Turn off heap termination on corruption
Microsoft Windows
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista
Disabling heap termination on corruption can allow certain legacy plug-in applications to function without terminating Explorer immediately, although Explorer may still terminate unexpectedly later.
Internal name
NoHeapTerminationOnCorruption
Policy ID
3d04e887872a
Elements
0
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Scope | Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer | Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer Value name NoHeapTerminationOnCorruption | REG_DWORD | HKLM 1 | HKLM 0 |
Registry location
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
Value name
NoHeapTerminationOnCorruption
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.