Opt out of administrator updates
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Computer
Category
Visual Studio > Install and Update Settings
Supported on
Visual Studio 2017 and higher.

Indicates that the user does not want to receive administrator updates to Visual Studio. If set to 1 (enabled) then the Visual Studio user does not want to receive administrator updates to Visual Studio. This policy is for the developer user to set if they have admin permissions on the client machine. For more information, see https://aka.ms/vs/admin/updates/control.

Internal name
AdministratorUpdatesOptOut
Policy ID
15afaab1a667
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
AdministratorUpdatesOptOut
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Setup
Value name
AdministratorUpdatesOptOut
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

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