Policy
Specify the day of the week to run a scheduled full scan to complete remediation
Microsoft Windows
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016
This policy setting allows you to specify the day of the week on which to perform a scheduled full scan in order to complete remediation. The scan can also be configured to run every day or to never run at all. This setting can be configured with the following ordinal number values: (0x0) Every Day (0x1) Sunday (0x2) Monday (0x3) Tuesday (0x4) Wednesday (0x5) Thursday (0x6) Friday (0x7) Saturday (0x8) Never (default) If you enable this setting, a scheduled full scan to complete remediation will run at the frequency specified. If you disable or do not configure this setting, a scheduled full scan to complete remediation will run at a default frequency.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
| Scope | Element | Type | Registry mapping | Constraints & behavior | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer | Specify the day of the week to run a scheduled full scan to complete remediation ID Remediation_Scan_ScheduleDay | enum | Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Remediation Value name Scan_ScheduleDay Type REG_DWORD | Options: Never (8), Every Day (0), Sunday (1), Monday (2), Tuesday (3), Wednesday (4), Thursday (5), Friday (6) … +1 more |