Policy

Prevent AutoPlay from remembering user choices.

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassComputer
CategoryWindows Components > AutoPlay Policies
Supported onAt least Windows Vista

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

This policy setting allows you to prevent AutoPlay from remembering user's choice of what to do when a device is connected. If you enable this policy setting, AutoPlay prompts the user to choose what to do when a device is connected. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, AutoPlay remembers user's choice of what to do when a device is connected.

Internal name
DontSetAutoplayCheckbox
Policy ID
ef8ead0aca02
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

Registry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled value
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\DontSetAutoplayCheckboxREG_DWORD
1
0

Policy elements

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This policy has no additional user input fields.

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