Allow Microsoft Edge Side by Side browser experience
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Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Microsoft Edge Update > Applications
Supported on
Microsoft Edge Update 1.2.145.5 and later

This policy lets a user run Microsoft Edge (Edge HTML) and Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) side-by-side. If this policy is set to “Not configured”, Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) will replace Microsoft Edge (Edge HTML) after the Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) stable channel and the November 2019 security updates are installed. This is the same behavior as the “Disabled” setting. The “Disabled” (0) setting blocks a side-by-side experience and Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) will replace Microsoft Edge (Edge HTML) after the Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) stable channel and the November 2019 security updates are installed. This is the same behavior as the “Not Configured” setting. When this policy is “Enabled” (1), Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) and Microsoft Edge (Edge HTML) can run side-by-side after Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) is installed. For this group policy to take affect, it must be configured before the automatic install of Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) by Windows Update. Note: ​A user can block the automatic update of Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) by using the Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Blocker Toolkit. Starting with Windows 10 version 20H2 Microsoft Edge Legacy and the side-by-side browser experience are not supported.

Internal name
Pol_AllowSideBySideExperience
Policy ID
8806e431222b
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate
Value name
Allowsxs
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate
Value name
Allowsxs
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

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