Policy

Enable App Installer Allowed Sources

Desktop App Installer (WinGet)

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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassComputer
CategoryDesktop App Installer
Supported onWindows 10 RS3

Supported OS tags: Windows10

This policy controls additional sources allowed by the enterprise IT administrator. If you do not configure this policy, users will be able to add or remove additional sources other than those configured by policy. If you enable this policy, only the sources specified can be added or removed from the Windows Package Manager. The representation for each allowed source can be obtained from installed sources using 'winget source export'. If you disable this policy, no additional sources can be configured for the Windows Package Manager.

Internal name
EnableAllowedSources
Policy ID
f6e3d3a8aaaa
Elements
1

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

Registry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled value
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\AppInstaller\EnableAllowedSourcesREG_DWORD
1
0

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

ElementTypeRegistry mappingConstraints & behavior
Allowed Sources:
ID AllowedSources
list
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\AppInstaller\AllowedSources\EnableAllowedSources
Type REG_MULTI_SZ
List: standard

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