Policy

Specify the day of the week to run a scheduled scan

This policy setting allows you to specify the day of the week on which to perform a scheduled scan. The scan can also be configured to run every day or to never run at all. This setting can be configured with the following ordinal number values: (0x0) Every Day (0x1) Sunday (0x2) Monday (0x3) Tuesday (0x4) Wednesday (0x5) Thursday (0x6) Friday (0x7) Saturday (0x8) Never (default) If you enable this setting, a scheduled scan will run at the frequency specified. If you disable or do not configure this setting, a scheduled scan will run at a default frequency.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category Windows Components / Microsoft Defender Antivirus / Scan
Policy ID 623f59e35467
Internal name Scan_ScheduleDay

Registry

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

Policy notes

This policy setting allows you to specify the day of the week on which to perform a scheduled scan. The scan can also be configured to run every day or to never run at all. This setting can be configured with the following ordinal number values: (0x0) Every Day (0x1) Sunday (0x2) Monday (0x3) Tuesday (0x4) Wednesday (0x5) Thursday (0x6) Friday (0x7) Saturday (0x8) Never (default) If you enable this setting, a scheduled scan will run at the frequency specified. If you disable or do not configure this setting, a scheduled scan will run at a default frequency.

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