Restrict these programs from being launched from Help
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
System
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 allows you to restrict programs from being run from online Help. If you enable this policy setting, you can prevent specified programs from being run from Help. When you enable this policy setting, enter the file names names of the programs you want to restrict, separated by commas. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users can run all applications from online Help. Note: You can also restrict users from running applications by using the Software Restriction Policy settings available in Computer Configuration\Security Settings. Note: This policy setting is available under Computer Configuration and User Configuration. If both are settings are used, any programs listed in either of these locations cannot launched from Help

Internal name
RestrictRunFromHelp_Comp
Policy ID
57fe2bc8055b
Elements
1

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

ScopeElementTypeRegistry mappingConstraints & behaviorCopy
Computer
Enter executables separated by commas:
ID RestrictRunFromHelp_Edit
text
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System
Value name
DisableInHelp
Type
REG_SZ
None
Enter executables separated by commas:
Computer · Type text
Registry mapping
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System
Value name
DisableInHelp
Type
REG_SZ
DetailsNone