File Explorer heap termination on corruption must be disabled.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| low | V-253397 | SRG-OS-000420-GPOS-00186 | WN11-CC-000220 | SV-253397r958902_rule | 2025-02-25 | 2 |
| Description |
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| Legacy plug-in applications may continue to function when a File Explorer session has become corrupt. Disabling this feature will prevent this. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| The default behavior is for File Explorer heap termination on corruption to be enabled. If it exists and is configured with a value of "1", this is a finding. Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Registry Path: \SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\ Value Name: NoHeapTerminationOnCorruption Value Type: REG_DWORD Value: 0x00000000 (0) (or if the Value Name does not exist) |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| The default behavior is for File Explorer heap termination on corruption to be enabled. To correct this, configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> File Explorer >> "Turn off heap termination on corruption" to "Not Configured" or "Disabled". |