Play videos in web pages
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Category
Windows Components > Internet Explorer > Internet Control Panel > Advanced Page
Supported on
Only Internet Explorer 6.0 in Windows 2003 Service Pack 1

This policy setting allows you to manage whether Internet Explorer will display videos found in Web content. Generally only embedded video files are affected by this setting; active Web content such as java applets are not. If you enable this policy setting, Internet Explorer will play videos found in Web content. If you disable this policy setting, Internet Explorer will not play or download videos, helping pages display more quickly. If you do not configure this policy setting, Internet Explorer will play videos found in Web content.

Internal name
Advanced_PlayVideos
Policy ID
6d6911e44204
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Value name
Display Inline Videos
REG_SZ
HKLM
yes
HKCU
yes
HKLM
no
HKCU
no
Registry location
Type REG_SZ · Both
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Value name
Display Inline Videos
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
yes
Disabled value
no
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
yes
Disabled value
no

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