Policy

Turn off Internet File Association service

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassUser
CategorySystem > Internet Communication Management > Internet Communication settings
Supported onWindows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP

Supported OS tags: Windows7, WindowsServer2003, WindowsServer2008, WindowsVista, WindowsXP

This policy setting specifies whether to use the Microsoft Web service for finding an application to open a file with an unhandled file association. When a user opens a file that has an extension that is not associated with any applications on the computer, the user is given the choice to select a local application or use the Web service to find an application. If you enable this policy setting, the link and the dialog for using the Web service to open an unhandled file association are removed. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the user is allowed to use the Web service.

Internal name
ShellNoUseInternetOpenWith_1
Policy ID
79d02f0d81ba
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

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

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