Policy

Monitor file and program activity on your computer

This policy setting allows you to configure monitoring for file and program activity. If you enable or do not configure this setting, monitoring for file and program activity will be enabled. If you disable this setting, monitoring for file and program activity will be disabled.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category Windows Components / Microsoft Defender Antivirus / Real-time Protection
Policy ID 929bbfe77f9b
Internal name RealtimeProtection_DisableOnAccessProtection

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection\DisableOnAccessProtection (enabled) = 0
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection\DisableOnAccessProtection (disabled) = 1

Policy notes

This policy setting allows you to configure monitoring for file and program activity. If you enable or do not configure this setting, monitoring for file and program activity will be enabled. If you disable this setting, monitoring for file and program activity will be disabled.

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