Policy

Allow shared folders to be published

Microsoft Windows

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Allow shared folders to be published
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

User
Category
Shared Folders
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems or Windows XP Professional

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2003, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista, WindowsXP

This policy setting determines whether the user can publish shared folders in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). If you enable or do not configure this policy setting, users can use the "Publish in Active Directory" option in the Shared Folders snap-in to publish shared folders in AD DS. If you disable this policy setting, users cannot publish shared folders in AD DS, and the "Publish in Active Directory" option is disabled. Note: The default is to allow shared folders to be published when this setting is not configured.

Internal name
PublishSharedFolders
Policy ID
d85c372f485a
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
User
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\SharedFolders
Value name
PublishSharedFolders
REG_DWORD
HKCU
1
HKCU
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · User
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\SharedFolders
Value name
PublishSharedFolders
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

This policy has no additional user input fields.