Turn on root certificate propagation from smart card
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Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Windows Components > Smart Card
Supported on
At least Windows Vista

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

This policy setting allows you to manage the root certificate propagation that occurs when a smart card is inserted. If you enable or do not configure this policy setting then root certificate propagation will occur when you insert your smart card. Note: For this policy setting to work the following policy setting must also be enabled: Turn on certificate propagation from smart card. If you disable this policy setting then root certificates will not be propagated from the smart card.

Internal name
CertPropRootEnabledString
Policy ID
7b6b104f408a
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

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

Policy elements

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