Policy

Specify the scan type to use for a scheduled scan

Microsoft Windows

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Specify the scan type to use for a scheduled scan
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Windows Components > Microsoft Defender Antivirus > Scan
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 specify the scan type to use during a scheduled scan. Scan type options are: 1 = Quick Scan (default) 2 = Full Scan If you enable this setting, the scan type will be set to the specified value. If you disable or do not configure this setting, the default scan type will used.

Internal name
Scan_ScanParameters
Policy ID
4ad272acc4dc
Elements
1

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.

ScopeElementTypeRegistry mappingConstraints & behaviorCopy
Computer
Specify the scan type to use for a scheduled scan
ID Scan_ScanParameters
enum
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Scan
Value name
ScanParameters
Type
REG_DWORD
Options: Quick scan (1), Full system scan (2)
Specify the scan type to use for a scheduled scan
Computer · Type enum
Registry mapping
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Scan
Value name
ScanParameters
Type
REG_DWORD
Details
Options: Quick scan (1), Full system scan (2)