This policy setting allows you to manage whether or not end users can pause a scan in progress.
If you enable or do not configure this setting, a new context menu will be added to the task tray icon to allow the user to pause a scan.
If you disable this setting, users will not be able to pause scans.
| Registry Hive | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
| Registry Path | Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Scan |
| Value Name | AllowPause |
| Value Type | REG_DWORD |
| Enabled Value | 1 |
| Disabled Value | 0 |