Pop-up allow list
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Category
Windows Components > Internet Explorer
Supported on
At least Internet Explorer 6.0 in Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2003, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista, WindowsXP

This policy setting allows you to specify a list of web sites that will be allowed to open pop-up windows regardless of the Internet Explorer process's Pop-Up Blocker settings. If you enable this policy setting, you can enter a list of sites which will be allowed to open pop-up windows regardless of user settings. Only the domain name is allowed, so www.contoso.com is valid, but not http://www.contoso.com. Wildcards are allowed, so *.contoso.com is also valid. If you disable this or do not configure this policy setting, you will not be able to provide a default Pop-up Blocker exception list. Note: You can disable users from adding or removing websites to the exception list by enabling "Turn off Managing Pop-up Allow list" policy.

Internal name
PopupBlocker_AllowList
Policy ID
88da0afd1aa8
Elements
1

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\New Windows
Value name
ListBox_Support_Allow
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKCU
1
HKLM
0
HKCU
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Both
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\New Windows
Value name
ListBox_Support_Allow
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

ScopeElementTypeRegistry mappingConstraints & behaviorCopy
Enter the list of sites here.
ID PopupBlocker_AllowListPrompt
list
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\New Windows\Allow
Value name
ListBox_Support_Allow
Type
REG_MULTI_SZ
List: additive
Enter the list of sites here.
Both · Type list
Registry mapping
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\New Windows\Allow
Value name
ListBox_Support_Allow
Type
REG_MULTI_SZ
Details
List: additive