Specify the day of the week to run a scheduled scan

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.

Policy path: 

Windows Components\Windows Defender\Scan

Scope: 

Machine

Supported on: 

At least Windows Server 2012 Windows 8 or Windows RT

Registry settings: 

HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Scan!ScheduleDay; HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Scan!ScheduleDay

Filename: 

WindowsDefender.admx

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