Policy

Choose default folder for recovery password

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassComputer
CategoryWindows Components > BitLocker Drive Encryption
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 specify the default path that is displayed when the BitLocker Drive Encryption setup wizard prompts the user to enter the location of a folder in which to save the recovery password. This policy setting is applied when you turn on BitLocker. If you enable this policy setting, you can specify the path that will be used as the default folder location when the user chooses the option to save the recovery password in a folder. You can specify either a fully qualified path or include the target computer's environment variables in the path. If the path is not valid, the BitLocker setup wizard will display the computer's top-level folder view. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the BitLocker setup wizard will display the computer's top-level folder view when the user chooses the option to save the recovery password in a folder. Note: This policy setting does not prevent the user from saving the recovery password in another folder.

Internal name
ConfigureRecoveryFolder_Name
Policy ID
bfdfa111e227
Elements
1

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

ElementTypeRegistry mappingConstraints & behavior
Configure the default folder path:
ID ConfigureRecoveryFolderPath_Input
text
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\FVE\DefaultRecoveryFolderPath
Type REG_SZ
None

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