Policy

Turn off Data Execution Prevention for Explorer

Disabling data execution prevention can allow certain legacy plug-in applications to function without terminating Explorer.

Policy

PackMicrosoft Windows

CategoryWindows Components / File Explorer

Policy IDfcd5be94cf1d

Internal nameNoDataExecutionPrevention

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\NoDataExecutionPrevention (enabled) = 1
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\NoDataExecutionPrevention (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

Disabling data execution prevention can allow certain legacy plug-in applications to function without terminating Explorer.

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