Policy

Do not add shares of recently opened documents to Network Locations

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassUser
CategoryDesktop
Supported onWindows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 only

Supported OS tags: Windows2000, WindowsServer2003, WindowsXP

Remote shared folders are not added to Network Locations whenever you open a document in the shared folder. If you disable this setting or do not configure it, when you open a document in a remote shared folder, the system adds a connection to the shared folder to Network Locations. If you enable this setting, shared folders are not added to Network Locations automatically when you open a document in the shared folder.

Internal name
NoRecentDocsNetHood
Policy ID
cfc9cad3a5c5
Elements
0

Registry values

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Registry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled value
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoRecentDocsNetHoodREG_DWORD
1
0

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