Specify the day of the week to run a scheduled full scan to complete remediation

This policy setting allows you to specify the day of the week on which to perform a scheduled full scan in order to complete remediation. 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 full scan to complete remediation will run at the frequency specified.If you disable or do not configure this setting a scheduled full scan to complete remediation will run at a default frequency.

Policy path: 

Windows Components\Windows Defender\Remediation

Scope: 

Machine

Supported on: 

At least Windows Server 2012 Windows 8 or Windows RT

Registry settings: 

HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Remediation!Scan_ScheduleDay; HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Remediation!Scan_ScheduleDay

Filename: 

WindowsDefender.admx

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