Policy

Open Internet Explorer tiles on the desktop

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Open Internet Explorer tiles on the desktop
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Category
Windows Components > Internet Explorer > Internet Settings
Supported on
At least Internet Explorer 10.0 on Windows 8

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016

This policy setting configures Internet Explorer to open Internet Explorer tiles on the desktop. If you enable this policy setting, Internet Explorer opens tiles only on the desktop. If you disable this policy setting, Internet Explorer does not open tiles on the desktop. If you do not configure this policy, users can choose how Internet Explorer tiles are opened.

Internal name
DefaultTilesView
Policy ID
f38649853456
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
ApplicationTileImmersiveActivation
REG_DWORD
HKLM
0
HKCU
0
HKLM
1
HKCU
1
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Both
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Value name
ApplicationTileImmersiveActivation
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
0
Disabled value
1
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
0
Disabled value
1

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

This policy has no additional user input fields.