Policy

Turn on catch-up full scan

This policy setting allows you to configure catch-up scans for scheduled full scans. A catch-up scan is a scan that is initiated because a regularly scheduled scan was missed. Usually these scheduled scans are missed because the computer was turned off at the scheduled time. If you enable this setting, catch-up scans for scheduled full scans will be turned on. If a computer is offline for two consecutive scheduled scans, a catch-up scan is started the next time someone logs on to the computer. If there is no scheduled scan configured, there will be no catch-up scan run. If you disable or do not configure this setting, catch-up scans for scheduled full scans will be turned off.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category Windows Components / Microsoft Defender Antivirus / Scan
Policy ID 5850725229f7
Internal name Scan_DisableCatchupFullScan

Registry

Copy registry mappings

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

Policy notes

This policy setting allows you to configure catch-up scans for scheduled full scans. A catch-up scan is a scan that is initiated because a regularly scheduled scan was missed. Usually these scheduled scans are missed because the computer was turned off at the scheduled time. If you enable this setting, catch-up scans for scheduled full scans will be turned on. If a computer is offline for two consecutive scheduled scans, a catch-up scan is started the next time someone logs on to the computer. If there is no scheduled scan configured, there will be no catch-up scan run. If you disable or do not configure this setting, catch-up scans for scheduled full scans will be turned off.

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