ScheduleDay specifies the day of the week that Windows® Defender runs a scheduled full scan to complete remediation. The full scan can also be configured to run every day or to never run at all.

Values

0

Run a scheduled full scan every day.

1

Run a scheduled full scan Sunday.

2

Run a scheduled full scan Monday.

3

Run a scheduled full scan Tuesday.

4

Run a scheduled full scan Wednesday.

5

Run a scheduled full scan Thursday.

6

Run a scheduled full scan Friday.

7

Run a scheduled full scan Saturday.

8

Never run a scheduled full scan. This is the default value.

Valid Configuration Passes

oobeSystem

offlineServicing

specialize

Parent Hierarchy

Applies To

For Windows Server® 2012, Windows Server® 2008 R2 and Windows Server® 2008, Windows Defender is installed with the Desktop Experience Pack.

For a full list of the Windows editions and architectures that this component supports, see Security-Malware-Windows-Defender.

XML Example

The following XML output shows how to specify that Windows Defender will run a full scan every day.

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<ScheduleDay>0</ScheduleDay>

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