Policy

Turn off Windows Location Provider

Microsoft Windows

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Turn off Windows Location Provider
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Windows Components > Location and Sensors > Windows Location Provider
Supported on
Windows Server 2012, Windows 8, Windows RT, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8.1 or Windows RT 8.1 only

Supported OS tags: Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2

This policy setting turns off the Windows Location Provider feature for this computer. If you enable this policy setting, the Windows Location Provider feature will be turned off, and all programs on this computer will not be able to use the Windows Location Provider feature. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, all programs on this computer can use the Windows Location Provider feature.

Internal name
DisableWindowsLocationProvider_1
Policy ID
322b3048e169
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\LocationAndSensors
Value name
DisableWindowsLocationProvider
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\LocationAndSensors
Value name
DisableWindowsLocationProvider
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

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