File Explorer heap termination on corruption must be disabled.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
Legacy plug-in applications may continue to function when a File Explorer session has become corrupt. Disabling this feature will prevent this.
- ID
- SV-253397r958902_rule
- Version
- WN11-CC-000220
- Severity
- Low
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
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".