Policy

Do not display the Welcome Center at user logon

Microsoft Windows

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Do not display the Welcome Center at user logon
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

User
Category
Windows Components > File Explorer
Supported on
Windows Vista only

Supported OS tags: WindowsVista

This policy setting prevents the display of the Welcome Center at user logon. If you enable this policy setting, the Welcome Center is not displayed at user logon. The user can access the Welcome Center using the Control Panel or Start menu. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the Welcome Center is displayed at user logon.

Internal name
RestrictWelcomeCenter
Policy ID
110af505fdbd
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
User
Path
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Value name
RestrictWelcomeCenter
REG_DWORD
HKCU
1
HKCU
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · User
Path
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Value name
RestrictWelcomeCenter
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

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This policy has no additional user input fields.