Policy
Troubleshooting: Allow users to access and run Troubleshooting Wizards
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
This policy setting allows users to access and run the troubleshooting tools that are available in the Troubleshooting Control Panel and to run the troubleshooting wizard to troubleshoot problems on their computers. If you enable or do not configure this policy setting, users can access and run the troubleshooting tools from the Troubleshooting Control Panel. If you disable this policy setting, users cannot access or run the troubleshooting tools from the Control Panel. Note that this setting also controls a user's ability to launch standalone troubleshooting packs such as those found in .diagcab files.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value |
|---|---|---|---|
| HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\ScriptedDiagnostics\EnableDiagnostics | 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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- ComputerConfigure Security Policy for Scripted DiagnosticsAt least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
- ComputerTroubleshooting: Allow users to access online troubleshooting content on Microsoft servers from the Troubleshooting Control Panel (via the Windows Online Troubleshooting Service - WOTS)At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7