Specify the day of the week to run a scheduled scan

Supported on: At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT

Registry

HKLM Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Scan

Value name: ScheduleDay

Options

ScheduleDay enum
  • Never -> 8
  • Every Day -> 0
  • Sunday -> 1
  • Monday -> 2
  • Tuesday -> 3
  • Wednesday -> 4
  • Thursday -> 5
  • Friday -> 6
  • Saturday -> 7

Description

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.