Policy

Do not show the "local access only" network icon

Microsoft Windows

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Do not show the "local access only" network icon
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Network > Network Connections
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016

Specifies whether or not the "local access only" network icon will be shown. When enabled, the icon for Internet access will be shown in the system tray even when a user is connected to a network with local access only. If you disable this setting or do not configure it, the "local access only" icon will be used when a user is connected to a network with local access only.

Internal name
NC_DoNotShowLocalOnlyIcon
Policy ID
db12342cd5a2
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Network Connections
Value name
NC_DoNotShowLocalOnlyIcon
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Network Connections
Value name
NC_DoNotShowLocalOnlyIcon
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.