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Turn on catch-up quick scan

This policy setting allows you to configure catch-up scans for scheduled quick 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 quick 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 quick scans will be turned off.

Policy Details

Policy Name
Scan_DisableCatchupQuickScan
Registry Key
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Scan
Value Name
DisableCatchupQuickScan
Supported On
At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT
Policy State Values
Enabled: 0
Disabled: 1
Available Languages
en-us