Enable App Installer Additional Sources
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Windows Components > Desktop App Installer
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10 Version 1809

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, WindowsServer2016

This policy controls additional sources provided by the enterprise IT administrator. If you do not configure this policy, no additional sources will be configured for the Windows Package Manager. If you enable this policy, the additional sources will be added to the Windows Package Manager and cannot be removed. The representation for each additional source can be obtained from installed sources using 'winget source export'. If you disable this policy, no additional sources can be configured for the Windows Package Manager.

Internal name
EnableAdditionalSources
Policy ID
664d0bc1f6a2
Elements
1

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

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

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

ScopeElementTypeRegistry mappingConstraints & behaviorCopy
Computer
Additional Sources:
ID AdditionalSources
list
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\AppInstaller\AdditionalSources
Value name
EnableAdditionalSources
Type
REG_MULTI_SZ
List: standard
Additional Sources:
Computer · Type list
Registry mapping
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\AppInstaller\AdditionalSources
Value name
EnableAdditionalSources
Type
REG_MULTI_SZ
Details
List: standard