Allows a page to show popups during its unloading (obsolete)
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Category
Microsoft Edge
Supported on
Microsoft Edge version 78-87, Windows 7 or later

Supported OS tags: Windows7

OBSOLETE: This policy is obsolete and doesn't work after Microsoft Edge 87. This policy allows an admin to specify that a page can show popups during its unloading. When the policy is set to enabled, pages are allowed to show popups while they're being unloaded. When the policy is set to disabled or unset, pages aren't allowed to show popups while they're being unloaded. This restriction is as per the spec: (https://html.spec.whatwg.org/#apis-for-creating-and-navigating-browsing-contexts-by-name). This policy was removed in Microsoft Edge 88 and is ignored if set.

Internal name
AllowPopupsDuringPageUnload
Policy ID
b803a0f9866b
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

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

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