Policy

Enable access-denied assistance on client for all file types

Microsoft Windows

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Enable access-denied assistance on client for all file types
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
System > Access-Denied Assistance
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT

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

This Group Policy Setting should be set on Windows clients to enable access-denied assistance for all file types

Internal name
EnableShellAccessCheck
Policy ID
24d6740f34ec
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
Value name
EnableShellExecuteFileStreamCheck
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
Value name
EnableShellExecuteFileStreamCheck
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.