Policy selection for ADMX packs

Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassComputer

CategorySystem > Filesystem > NTFS

Supported onAt least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7

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

Encryption can add to the processing overhead of filesystem operations. Enabling this setting will prevent access to and creation of encrypted files. A reboot is required for this setting to take effect

Internal name

DisableEncryption

Policy ID

ce3fe4a1254a

Elements

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

Registry location	Type	Enabled value	Disabled value
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Policies\NtfsDisableEncryption	REG_DWORD	1	0

Policy elements

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This policy has no additional user input fields.

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