Process Mitigation Options: registry value ProcessMitigationOptionsComputerHKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\MitigationOptions\ProcessMitigationOptions

Policy ID: ProcessMitigationOptions
Scope: Computer Configuration, User Configuration
Supported on: At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10
Source: Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category: System › Mitigation Options

Registry

(list values)

REG_SZComputerUser

…\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\MitigationOptions\ProcessMitigationOptionsHKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\MitigationOptions\ProcessMitigationOptions Current key
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\MitigationOptions\ProcessMitigationOptions

Enabled value: Depends on the option value
Element: Process Mitigation Options
Value type: REG_SZ
Add to existing value: true
Explicit value name: true

Apply with .reg · CMD · PowerShell

ComputerMachine-wide setting

.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\MitigationOptions\ProcessMitigationOptions]
"<enter name>"="<enter value>"

CMD

reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\MitigationOptions\ProcessMitigationOptions" /v "<enter name>" /t REG_SZ /d "<enter value>" /f

PowerShell

New-Item -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\MitigationOptions\ProcessMitigationOptions' -Force | Out-Null
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\MitigationOptions\ProcessMitigationOptions' -Name '<enter name>' -PropertyType String -Value '<enter value>' -Force | Out-Null

UserPer-account setting

.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\MitigationOptions\ProcessMitigationOptions]
"<enter name>"="<enter value>"

CMD

reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\MitigationOptions\ProcessMitigationOptions" /v "<enter name>" /t REG_SZ /d "<enter value>" /f

PowerShell

New-Item -Path 'HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\MitigationOptions\ProcessMitigationOptions' -Force | Out-Null
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\MitigationOptions\ProcessMitigationOptions' -Name '<enter name>' -PropertyType String -Value '<enter value>' -Force | Out-Null