Policy

Disable downloading updates automatically

Visual Studio

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Disable downloading updates automatically
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Visual Studio > Install and Update Settings
Supported on
Visual Studio 2017 and higher.

Prevent setup from downloading updates automatically for all installed Visual Studio products. You can change the value anytime.

Internal name
BackgroundDownloadDisabled
Policy ID
b11a9b45e106
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Setup
Value name
BackgroundDownloadDisabled
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Setup
Value name
BackgroundDownloadDisabled
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

This policy has no additional user input fields.