Turn on script scanning
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Computer
Category
Windows Components > Microsoft Defender Antivirus > Real-time Protection
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT

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

This policy setting allows you to configure script scanning. If you enable or do not configure this setting, script scanning will be enabled. If you disable this setting, script scanning will be disabled.

Internal name
RealtimeProtection_DisableSriptScanning
Policy ID
64b3f5153738
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection
Value name
DisableScriptScanning
REG_DWORD
HKLM
0
HKLM
1
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection
Value name
DisableScriptScanning
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
0
Disabled value
1

Policy elements

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