Policy
Control which native messaging hosts users can use
Microsoft Edge
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows7
Setting the policy specifies which native messaging hosts aren't subject to the deny list. A deny list value of * means all native messaging hosts are denied unless they're explicitly allowed. All native messaging hosts are allowed by default. However, if a native messaging host is denied by policy, the admin can use the allow list to change that policy. Example value: com.native.messaging.host.name1 com.native.messaging.host.name2
Internal name
NativeMessagingAllowlist
Policy ID
20c2ebf49119
Elements
1
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Names of the native messaging hosts to exempt from the block list ID NativeMessagingAllowlistDesc | list | Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\NativeMessagingAllowlist Value name 1, 2, … Type REG_SZ | List: standard |
Names of the native messaging hosts to exempt from the block list
Registry mapping
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\NativeMessagingAllowlist
Value name
1, 2, …
Type
REG_SZ
Details
List: standard