Policy
Turn off Help Ratings
Windows 11 25H2
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista
This policy setting specifies whether users can provide ratings for Help content. If you enable this policy setting, ratings controls are not added to Help content. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, ratings controls are added to Help topics. Users can use the control to provide feedback on the quality and usefulness of the Help and Support content.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value |
|---|---|---|---|
| HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Assistance\Client\1.0\NoExplicitFeedback | REG_DWORD | 1 | 0 |
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.
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