Policy

Search, Share, Start, Devices, and Settings don't appear when the mouse is pointing to the upper-right corner of the screen

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassUser
CategoryWindows Components > Edge UI
Supported onAt least Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8.1 or Windows RT 8.1

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows81, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016

This policy setting allows you to prevent Search, Share, Start, Devices, and Settings from appearing when the mouse is pointing to the upper-right corner of the screen. If you enable this policy setting, Search, Share, Start, Devices, and Settings will no longer appear when the mouse is pointing to the upper-right corner. They'll still be available if the mouse is pointing to the lower-right corner. If you disable or don't configure this policy setting, Search, Share, Start, Devices, and Settings will be available by default, and the user can configure this setting.

Internal name
DisableCharms
Policy ID
0cfbe3df63d1
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

Registry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled value
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\EdgeUI\DisableCharmsREG_DWORD
1
0

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