Detect application failures caused by deprecated COM objects
Verified with Windows 11 25H2 — updated on July 30, 2026
Supported on: At least Windows Vista
Path in the GPO console
Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Troubleshooting and Diagnostics\Application Compatibility Diagnostics Description
This setting exists only for backward compatibility, and is not valid for this version of Windows. To configure the Program Compatibility Assistant, use the 'Turn off Program Compatibility Assistant' setting under Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Application Compatibility.
Registry
HKLM
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WDI\{88D69CE1-577A-4dd9-87AE-AD36D3CD9643} Value name: ScenarioExecutionEnabled
Enabled: ScenarioExecutionEnabled = 1
Disabled: ScenarioExecutionEnabled = 0
MDM / Intune (CSP)
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ADMX_pca/DetectDeprecatedCOMComponentFailuresPolicy Microsoft Learn documentation Mapping data: Microsoft Learn (CC BY 4.0)
Export Builder
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These exports write the registry — this is not a managed GPO. ⓘ
.reg file
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
; Exported from gporais.com
; Policy: Detect application failures caused by deprecated COM objects
; State: Enabled
; Supported on: At least Windows Vista
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WDI\{88D69CE1-577A-4dd9-87AE-AD36D3CD9643}]
"ScenarioExecutionEnabled"=dword:00000001
"EnabledScenarioExecutionLevel"=dword:00000002More formats (PowerShell, Intune, SCCM)
PowerShell
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Detect application failures caused by deprecated COM objects
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Vista
$path = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WDI\{88D69CE1-577A-4dd9-87AE-AD36D3CD9643}'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'ScenarioExecutionEnabled' -Value 1 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'EnabledScenarioExecutionLevel' -Value 2 -Type DWordIntune XML
OMA-URI: ./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ADMX_pca/DetectDeprecatedCOMComponentFailuresPolicy
Data type: String
Value:
<enabled/>
<data id="DetectDeprecatedCOMComponentFailuresLevel" value="2"/>Intune Remediation
# === Detection script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Detect application failures caused by deprecated COM objects
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Vista
function Test-RegistryValue {
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Path,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Name,
[object]$Expected,
[ValidateSet('String', 'DWord', 'MultiString')][string]$Kind = 'String',
[switch]$Absent
)
try {
$item = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction Stop
} catch {
return $Absent.IsPresent
}
if ($Absent.IsPresent) { return $false }
$actual = $item.$Name
if ($Kind -eq 'DWord') { return ([int64]$actual) -eq ([int64]$Expected) }
if ($Kind -eq 'MultiString') {
$actualValues = @($actual)
$expectedValues = @($Expected)
if ($actualValues.Count -ne $expectedValues.Count) { return $false }
for ($i = 0; $i -lt $expectedValues.Count; $i++) {
if ([string]$actualValues[$i] -ne [string]$expectedValues[$i]) { return $false }
}
return $true
}
return [string]$actual -eq [string]$Expected
}
$checks = @(
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WDI\{88D69CE1-577A-4dd9-87AE-AD36D3CD9643}' -Name 'ScenarioExecutionEnabled' -Expected 1 -Kind DWord)
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WDI\{88D69CE1-577A-4dd9-87AE-AD36D3CD9643}' -Name 'EnabledScenarioExecutionLevel' -Expected 2 -Kind DWord)
)
if ($checks -notcontains $false) {
Write-Output 'Compliant'
exit 0
}
Write-Output 'Non-compliant'
exit 1
# === Remediation script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Detect application failures caused by deprecated COM objects
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Vista
$path = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WDI\{88D69CE1-577A-4dd9-87AE-AD36D3CD9643}'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'ScenarioExecutionEnabled' -Value 1 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'EnabledScenarioExecutionLevel' -Value 2 -Type DWordSCCM scripts
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Detect application failures caused by deprecated COM objects
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Vista
# SCCM Configuration Item guidance:
# Create a Configuration Item of type "Setting: Script".
# Discovery script: use the Detection script below.
# Remediation script: use the Remediation script below.
# Compliance rule: the Discovery script output equals 'Compliant'.
# === Detection script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Detect application failures caused by deprecated COM objects
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Vista
function Test-RegistryValue {
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Path,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Name,
[object]$Expected,
[ValidateSet('String', 'DWord', 'MultiString')][string]$Kind = 'String',
[switch]$Absent
)
try {
$item = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction Stop
} catch {
return $Absent.IsPresent
}
if ($Absent.IsPresent) { return $false }
$actual = $item.$Name
if ($Kind -eq 'DWord') { return ([int64]$actual) -eq ([int64]$Expected) }
if ($Kind -eq 'MultiString') {
$actualValues = @($actual)
$expectedValues = @($Expected)
if ($actualValues.Count -ne $expectedValues.Count) { return $false }
for ($i = 0; $i -lt $expectedValues.Count; $i++) {
if ([string]$actualValues[$i] -ne [string]$expectedValues[$i]) { return $false }
}
return $true
}
return [string]$actual -eq [string]$Expected
}
$checks = @(
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WDI\{88D69CE1-577A-4dd9-87AE-AD36D3CD9643}' -Name 'ScenarioExecutionEnabled' -Expected 1 -Kind DWord)
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WDI\{88D69CE1-577A-4dd9-87AE-AD36D3CD9643}' -Name 'EnabledScenarioExecutionLevel' -Expected 2 -Kind DWord)
)
if ($checks -notcontains $false) {
Write-Output 'Compliant'
exit 0
}
Write-Output 'Non-compliant'
exit 1
# === Remediation script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Detect application failures caused by deprecated COM objects
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Vista
$path = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WDI\{88D69CE1-577A-4dd9-87AE-AD36D3CD9643}'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'ScenarioExecutionEnabled' -Value 1 -Type DWord
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'EnabledScenarioExecutionLevel' -Value 2 -Type DWordBuilding a multi-setting collection? Add this setting and generate combined .reg / PowerShell / GPO scripts.