Policy
Internet Explorer Processes
Microsoft Windows
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2003, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista, WindowsXP
Internet Explorer contains dynamic binary behaviors: components that encapsulate specific functionality for the HTML elements to which they are attached. This policy setting controls whether the Binary Behavior Security Restriction setting is prevented or allowed. If you enable this policy setting, binary behaviors are prevented for the File Explorer and Internet Explorer processes. If you disable this policy setting, binary behaviors are allowed for the File Explorer and Internet Explorer processes. If you do not configure this policy setting, binary behaviors are prevented for the File Explorer and Internet Explorer processes.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Scope | Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BEHAVIORS Value name (Reserved) | REG_SZ | HKLM 1 HKCU 1 | HKLM 0 HKCU 0 | ||
Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BEHAVIORS Value name explorer.exe | REG_SZ | HKLM 1 HKCU 1 | HKLM 0 HKCU 0 | ||
Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BEHAVIORS Value name iexplore.exe | REG_SZ | HKLM 1 HKCU 1 | HKLM 0 HKCU 0 |
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.