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Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Category
Windows Components > Internet Explorer > Security Features > Mime Sniffing Safety Feature
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 determines whether Internet Explorer MIME sniffing will prevent promotion of a file of one type to a more dangerous file type. If you enable this policy setting, the Mime Sniffing Safety Feature is enabled for all processes. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the Mime Sniffing Safety Feature is disabled for all processes.

Internal name
IESF_PolicyAllProcesses_6
Policy ID
212388353097
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_MIME_SNIFFING
Value name
*
REG_SZ
HKLM
1
HKCU
1
HKLM
0
HKCU
0
Registry location
Type REG_SZ · Both
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_MIME_SNIFFING
Value name
*
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

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