Policy

Specify maximum number of processes per Shell

Microsoft Windows

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Specify maximum number of processes per Shell
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Windows Components > Windows Remote Shell
Supported on
At least Windows Vista

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

This policy setting configures the maximum number of processes a remote shell is allowed to launch. If you enable this policy setting, you can specify any number from 0 to 0x7FFFFFFF to set the maximum number of process per shell. Zero (0) means unlimited number of processes. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the limit is five processes per shell.

Internal name
MaxProcessesPerShell
Policy ID
9bb9d0f6c26c
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
MaxProcessesPerShell
ID MaxProcessesPerShell
decimal
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WinRM\Service\WinRS
Value name
MaxProcessesPerShell
Type
REG_DWORD
Range: 0 to 2147483647
MaxProcessesPerShell
Computer · Type decimal
Registry mapping
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WinRM\Service\WinRS
Value name
MaxProcessesPerShell
Type
REG_DWORD
Details
Range: 0 to 2147483647