Policy

Allow importing of shortcuts

Microsoft Edge

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Allow importing of shortcuts
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Category
Microsoft Edge - Default Settings (users can override)
Supported on
Microsoft Edge version 81, Windows 7 or later

Supported OS tags: Windows7

Allows users to import Shortcuts from another browser into Microsoft Edge. If you disable this policy, Shortcuts aren't imported on first run. If you don't configure this policy, Shortcuts are imported on first run. You can also set this policy as a recommendation. This means that Microsoft Edge imports Shortcuts on first run. Note: This policy currently manages import from Google Chrome (on Windows 7, 8, and 10 and on macOS).

Internal name
ImportShortcuts_recommended
Policy ID
6e972fe029be
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\Recommended
Value name
ImportShortcuts
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKCU
1
HKLM
0
HKCU
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Both
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\Recommended
Value name
ImportShortcuts
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

This policy has no additional user input fields.