Policy

List desktop apps first in the Apps view

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassUser
CategoryStart Menu and Taskbar
Supported onWindows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8.1 or Windows RT 8.1 only

Supported OS tags: Windows81, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2012R2

This policy setting allows desktop apps to be listed first in the Apps view in Start. If you enable this policy setting, desktop apps would be listed first when the apps are sorted by category in the Apps view. The other sorting options would continue to be available and the user could choose to change their default sorting options. If you disable or don't configure this policy setting, the desktop apps won't be listed first when the apps are sorted by category, and the user can configure this setting.

Internal name
DesktopAppsFirstInAppsView
Policy ID
3e77d8886717
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

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

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