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Turn off Data Execution Prevention for Explorer

Supported on: At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7

Registry

HKLM Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer

Value name: NoDataExecutionPrevention

Enabled: NoDataExecutionPrevention = 1

Disabled: NoDataExecutionPrevention = 0

Description

Disabling data execution prevention can allow certain legacy plug-in applications to function without terminating Explorer.