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
PackMicrosoft Windows
CategoryWindows Components / Microsoft Defender Antivirus / Real-time Protection
Policy ID929bbfe77f9b
Internal nameRealtimeProtection_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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