Policy

Show packaged Microsoft Store apps on the taskbar

Microsoft Windows

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Show packaged Microsoft Store apps on the taskbar
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

User
Category
Start Menu and Taskbar
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8.1 or Windows RT 8.1

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows81, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016

This policy setting allows users to see packaged Microsoft Store apps on the taskbar. If you enable this policy setting, users will see packaged Microsoft Store apps on the taskbar. If you disable this policy setting, users won’t see packaged Microsoft Store apps on the taskbar. If you don’t configure this policy setting, the default setting for the user’s device will be used, and the user can choose to change it.

Internal name
ShowWindowsStoreAppsOnTaskbar
Policy ID
7ee10a8d84a6
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
User
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
Value name
ShowWindowsStoreAppsOnTaskbar
REG_DWORD
HKCU
1
HKCU
2
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · User
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
Value name
ShowWindowsStoreAppsOnTaskbar
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
2

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

This policy has no additional user input fields.