Turn off heap termination on corruption
- Policy ID
- NoHeapTerminationOnCorruption
- 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 › File Explorer
Description
Disabling heap termination on corruption can allow certain legacy plug-in applications to function without terminating Explorer immediately, although Explorer may still terminate unexpectedly later.
Registry
ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- NoHeapTerminationOnCorruptionREG_DWORD