Allow the audio process to run with priority above normal on Windows
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Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Category
Microsoft Edge
Supported on
Microsoft Edge version 96, Windows 7 or later

Supported OS tags: Windows7

This policy controls the priority of the audio process on Windows. If you enable this policy, the audio process runs with above normal priority. If you disable this policy, the audio process runs with normal priority. If you don't configure this policy, the default configuration for the audio process is 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
c5e32c7d415c
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
Value name
AudioProcessHighPriorityEnabled
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKCU
1
HKLM
0
HKCU
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Both
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
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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This policy has no additional user input fields.