Policy

Set how links are opened in Internet Explorer

Microsoft Windows

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Set how links are opened in Internet Explorer
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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 allows you to choose how links are opened in Internet Explorer: Let Internet Explorer decide, always in Internet Explorer, or always in Internet Explorer on the desktop. If you enable this policy setting, Internet Explorer enforces your choice. Users cannot change the setting. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users can choose how links are opened in Internet Explorer.

Internal name
DefaultLinksView
Policy ID
65b072189e63
Elements
1

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

ScopeElementTypeRegistry mappingConstraints & behaviorCopy
Default browser launch behavior for links
ID DefaultViewOptions
enum
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Value name
AssociationActivationMode
Type
REG_DWORD
Options: Let Internet Explorer decide (0), Always in Internet Explorer (1), Always in Internet Explorer on the desktop (2)
Default browser launch behavior for links
Both · Type enum
Registry mapping
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Value name
AssociationActivationMode
Type
REG_DWORD
Details
Options: Let Internet Explorer decide (0), Always in Internet Explorer (1), Always in Internet Explorer on the desktop (2)