Specify maximum amount of memory in MB per Shell

Policy ID
MaxMemoryPerShellMB
Scope
Computer Configuration
Supported on
At least Windows Vista
Source
Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category
Windows Components › Windows Remote Shell

Description

This policy setting configures the maximum total amount of memory in megabytes that can be allocated by any active remote shell and all its child processes.

Any value from 0 to 0x7FFFFFFF can be set, where 0 equals unlimited memory, which means the ability of remote operations to allocate memory is only limited by the available virtual memory.

If you enable this policy setting, the remote operation is terminated when a new allocation exceeds the specified quota.

If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the value 150 is used by default.

Options

  • MaxMemoryPerShellMB

Registry

ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
  • MaxMemoryPerShellMBREG_DWORD

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