Policy

Run full scan on mapped network drives

This policy setting allows you to configure scanning mapped network drives. If you enable this setting, mapped network drives will be scanned. If you disable or do not configure this setting, mapped network drives will not be scanned.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category Windows Components / Microsoft Defender Antivirus / Scan
Policy ID e3599fec1f7c
Internal name Scan_DisableScanningMappedNetworkDrivesForFullScan

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Scan\DisableScanningMappedNetworkDrivesForFullScan (enabled) = 0
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Scan\DisableScanningMappedNetworkDrivesForFullScan (disabled) = 1

Policy notes

This policy setting allows you to configure scanning mapped network drives. If you enable this setting, mapped network drives will be scanned. If you disable or do not configure this setting, mapped network drives will not be scanned.

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