Allow the audio process to run with priority above normal on Windows
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Category
Google > Google Chrome
Supported on
Microsoft Windows 7 or later

Supported OS tags: Windows7

This policy controls the priority of the audio process on Windows. If this policy is enabled, the audio process will run with above normal priority. If this policy is disabled, the audio process will run with normal priority. If this policy is not set, the default configuration for the audio process will be used. This policy is intended as a temporary measure to give enterprises the ability to run audio with higher priority to address certain performance issues with audio capture. This policy will be removed in the future.

Internal name
AudioProcessHighPriorityEnabled
Policy ID
10d45894fac6
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Path
Software\Policies\Google\Chrome
Value name
AudioProcessHighPriorityEnabled
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKCU
1
HKLM
0
HKCU
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Both
Path
Software\Policies\Google\Chrome
Value name
AudioProcessHighPriorityEnabled
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

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