Policy

Disable installing Windows apps on non-system volumes

Microsoft Windows

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Disable installing Windows apps on non-system volumes
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Windows Components > App Package Deployment
Supported on
At least Windows 8.1 Update 2

Supported OS tags: Windows8, Windows81

This policy setting allows you to manage installing Windows apps on additional volumes such as secondary partitions, USB drives, or SD cards. If you enable this setting, you can't move or install Windows apps on volumes that are not the system volume. If you disable or do not configure this setting, you can move or install Windows apps on other volumes.

Internal name
DisableDeploymentToNonSystemVolumes
Policy ID
8a7f91b62dd1
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Appx
Value name
RestrictAppToSystemVolume
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Appx
Value name
RestrictAppToSystemVolume
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

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This policy has no additional user input fields.