Microsoft Defender Offline Scan - batch or schedule

I'm told I can run a Microsoft Defender Offline Scan with this command:


Would I need to add anything to that, to run it in a batch file?

I would experiment, at the price of one or more reboots, but I have another question: how can I schedule such a scan? I would want to be prompted before the reboot; does that mean I'd have to run it in a batch file entered into taskschd.msc?

Also, would this differ in Win10 vs. Win11?

Thanks for the quick reply. But I don't believe that article addresses any of my questions.

Yes, the command you use will perform an offline scan.

You can use Schtasks command to schedule an offline scan i posted code that uses Schtasks to schedule system shutdown, maybe it will give you ideas.

Maybe it makes sense to use the parameter -AsJob

A problem with both PowerShell & WMI methods in calling for an offline scan, is it restarts Windows immediately and you're never provided an option to cancel.

The only way to get a confirmation prompt is to offline scan from Security Center. But there's a way to use an URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) to script this.

If your scheduled task calls this command, you will be given the option to cancel. The task doesn't require any special privileges since it's opening Security Center.
There should be no differences btw W10 and 11.

I found a Microsoft page that seems to say I can run an offline Microsoft Defender Offline Scan with this command:


Haven't tried it yet.