Policy

Prohibit installing or uninstalling color profiles

Microsoft Windows

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Prohibit installing or uninstalling color profiles
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Windows Components > Windows Color System
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 affects the ability of users to install or uninstall color profiles. If you enable this policy setting, users cannot install new color profiles or uninstall previously installed color profiles. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, all users can install new color profiles. Standard users can uninstall color profiles that they previously installed. Administrators will be able to uninstall all color profiles.

Internal name
ProhibitChangingInstalledProfileList_2
Policy ID
076e9a46e53e
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsColorSystem
Value name
ProhibitInstallUninstall
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsColorSystem
Value name
ProhibitInstallUninstall
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.