Policy

Define the number of days after which a catch-up scan is forced

This policy setting allows you to define the number of consecutive scheduled scans that can be missed after which a catch-up scan will be forced. By default, the value of this setting is 2 consecutive scheduled scans. If you enable this setting, a catch-up scan will occur after the specified number consecutive missed scheduled scans. If you disable or do not configure this setting, a catch-up scan will occur after the 2 consecutive missed scheduled scans.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category Windows Components / Microsoft Defender Antivirus / Scan
Policy ID c6f80e6e137d
Internal name Scan_MissedScheduledScanCountBeforeCatchup

Registry

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HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Scan\MissedScheduledScanCountBeforeCatchup

Policy notes

This policy setting allows you to define the number of consecutive scheduled scans that can be missed after which a catch-up scan will be forced. By default, the value of this setting is 2 consecutive scheduled scans. If you enable this setting, a catch-up scan will occur after the specified number consecutive missed scheduled scans. If you disable or do not configure this setting, a catch-up scan will occur after the 2 consecutive missed scheduled scans.

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