WN25-CC-000320 - Windows Server 2025 Turning off File Explorer heap termination on corruption must be disabled.

Information

Legacy plug-in applications may continue to function when a File Explorer session has become corrupt. Disabling this feature will prevent this.

Solution

The default behavior is for File Explorer heap termination on corruption to be disabled.

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'.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Windows_Server_2025_V1R1_STIG.zip