Policy

Do not allow Sound Recorder to run

Microsoft Windows

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Do not allow Sound Recorder to run
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Windows Components > Sound Recorder
Supported on
At least Windows Vista

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

Specifies whether Sound Recorder can run. Sound Recorder is a feature of Microsoft Windows Vista that can be used to record sound from an audio input device where the recorded sound is encoded and saved as an audio file. If you enable this policy setting, Sound Recorder will not run. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Sound Recorder can be run.

Internal name
Soundrec_DiableApplication_TitleText_2
Policy ID
0afdeb451406
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

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

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

This policy has no additional user input fields.