Policy
Define a list of protocols that can launch an external application from listed origins without prompting the user
Microsoft Edge
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows7
Allows you to set a list of protocols, and for each protocol an associated list of allowed origin patterns, that can launch an external application without prompting the user. The trailing separator shouldn't be included when listing the protocol and the protocol should be all lower case. For example, list "skype" instead of "skype:", "skype://" or "Skype". If you configure this policy, a protocol is only permitted to launch an external application without prompting by policy if: - the protocol is listed - the origin of the site trying to launch the protocol matches one of the origin patterns in that protocol's allowed_origins list. If either condition is false, the external protocol launch prompt isn't omitted, by policy. If you don't configure this policy, no protocols can launch without a prompt. Users can opt out of prompts on a per-protocol/per-site basis unless the 'ExternalProtocolDialogShowAlwaysOpenCheckbox' (Show an "Always open" checkbox in external protocol dialog) policy is set to Disabled. This policy has no impact on per-protocol/per-site prompt exemptions set by users. The origin-matching patterns use a similar format to those for the 'URLBlocklist' (Block access to a list of URLs) policy, which are documented at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2095322. However, origin-matching patterns for this policy can't contain "/path" or "@query" elements. Any pattern that contains a "/path" or "@query" element is ignored. This policy doesn't work as expected with file://* wildcards. Example value: [ { "allowed_origins": [ "example.com", "http://www.example.com:8080" ], "protocol": "spotify" }, { "allowed_origins": [ "https://example.com", "https://.mail.example.com" ], "protocol": "msteams" }, { "allowed_origins": [ "*" ], "protocol": "msoutlook" } ]
Registry values
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No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
| Scope | Element | Type | Registry mapping | Constraints & behavior | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Define a list of protocols that can launch an external application from listed origins without prompting the user ID AutoLaunchProtocolsFromOrigins | text | Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge Value name AutoLaunchProtocolsFromOrigins Type REG_SZ | None |