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Detect application failures caused by deprecated COM objects: registry value ScenarioExecutionEnabled and 1 moreComputerHKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WDI\{88D69CE1-577A-4dd9-87AE-AD36D3CD9643}

Policy ID
DetectDeprecatedCOMComponentFailuresPolicy
Scope
Computer Configuration
Supported on
At least Windows Vista
Source
Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category
System › Troubleshooting and Diagnostics › Application Compatibility Diagnostics

Registry

ScenarioExecutionEnabled

REG_DWORDComputer
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WDI\{88D69CE1-577A-4dd9-87AE-AD36D3CD9643} Current key
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0
Apply with .reg · CMD · PowerShell
.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WDI\{88D69CE1-577A-4dd9-87AE-AD36D3CD9643}]

; Options (use only one)
; Enabled
"ScenarioExecutionEnabled"=dword:00000001
; Disabled
"ScenarioExecutionEnabled"=dword:00000000
CMD
:: Options (use only one)

:: Enabled
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WDI\{88D69CE1-577A-4dd9-87AE-AD36D3CD9643}" /v "ScenarioExecutionEnabled" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
:: Disabled
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WDI\{88D69CE1-577A-4dd9-87AE-AD36D3CD9643}" /v "ScenarioExecutionEnabled" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
PowerShell
# Common: create the key
New-Item -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WDI\{88D69CE1-577A-4dd9-87AE-AD36D3CD9643}' -Force | Out-Null

# Options (use only one)
# Enabled
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WDI\{88D69CE1-577A-4dd9-87AE-AD36D3CD9643}' -Name 'ScenarioExecutionEnabled' -PropertyType DWord -Value 1 -Force | Out-Null
# Disabled
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WDI\{88D69CE1-577A-4dd9-87AE-AD36D3CD9643}' -Name 'ScenarioExecutionEnabled' -PropertyType DWord -Value 0 -Force | Out-Null

EnabledScenarioExecutionLevel

REG_DWORDComputer
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WDI\{88D69CE1-577A-4dd9-87AE-AD36D3CD9643} Current key
Enabled value
Depends on the option value
Element
Scenario Execution Level
Options
ItemStored value
Detection and Troubleshooting Only1
Detection, Troubleshooting and Resolution2
Apply with .reg · CMD · PowerShell
.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WDI\{88D69CE1-577A-4dd9-87AE-AD36D3CD9643}]

; Options (use only one)
; Detection and Troubleshooting Only
"EnabledScenarioExecutionLevel"=dword:00000001
; Detection, Troubleshooting and Resolution
"EnabledScenarioExecutionLevel"=dword:00000002
CMD
:: Options (use only one)

:: Detection and Troubleshooting Only
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WDI\{88D69CE1-577A-4dd9-87AE-AD36D3CD9643}" /v "EnabledScenarioExecutionLevel" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
:: Detection, Troubleshooting and Resolution
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WDI\{88D69CE1-577A-4dd9-87AE-AD36D3CD9643}" /v "EnabledScenarioExecutionLevel" /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f
PowerShell
# Common: create the key
New-Item -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WDI\{88D69CE1-577A-4dd9-87AE-AD36D3CD9643}' -Force | Out-Null

# Options (use only one)
# Detection and Troubleshooting Only
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WDI\{88D69CE1-577A-4dd9-87AE-AD36D3CD9643}' -Name 'EnabledScenarioExecutionLevel' -PropertyType DWord -Value 1 -Force | Out-Null
# Detection, Troubleshooting and Resolution
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WDI\{88D69CE1-577A-4dd9-87AE-AD36D3CD9643}' -Name 'EnabledScenarioExecutionLevel' -PropertyType DWord -Value 2 -Force | Out-Null