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title: Audit Handle Manipulation (Windows 10)
description: This topic for the IT professional describes the Advanced Security Audit policy setting, Audit Handle Manipulation, which determines whether the operating system generates audit events when a handle to an object is opened or closed.
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author: Mir0sh
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# Audit Handle Manipulation
**Applies to**
- Windows 10
- Windows Server 2016
Audit Handle Manipulation enables generation of “4658: The handle to an object was closed” in [Audit File System](audit-file-system.md), [Audit Kernel Object](audit-kernel-object.md), [Audit Registry](audit-registry.md), [Audit Removable Storage](audit-removable-storage.md) and [Audit SAM](audit-sam.md) subcategories, and shows objects handle duplication and close actions.
**Event volume**: High.
| Computer Type | General Success | General Failure | Stronger Success | Stronger Failure | Comments |
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Domain Controller | No | No | No | No | Typically, information about the duplication or closing of an object handle has little to no security relevance and is hard to parse or analyze.<br>There is no recommendation to enable this subcategory for Success or Failure auditing, unless you know exactly what you need to monitor in Objects Handles level. |
| Member Server | No | No | No | No | Typically, information about the duplication or closing of an object handle has little to no security relevance and is hard to parse or analyze.<br>There is no recommendation to enable this subcategory for Success or Failure auditing, unless you know exactly what you need to monitor in Objects Handles level. |
| Workstation | No | No | No | No | Typically, information about the duplication or closing of an object handle has little to no security relevance and is hard to parse or analyze.<br>There is no recommendation to enable this subcategory for Success or Failure auditing, unless you know exactly what you need to monitor in Objects Handles level. |
**Events List:**
- [4658](event-4658.md)(S): The handle to an object was closed.
- [4690](event-4690.md)(S): An attempt was made to duplicate a handle to an object.
## 4658(S): The handle to an object was closed.
This event doesnt generate in this subcategory, but you can use this subcategory to enable it. For a description of the event, see “[4658](event-4658.md)(S): The handle to an object was closed” in the Audit File System subcategory.