Policy
Turn off Open Extended Dictionary
Windows 11 25H2
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016
This policy setting allows you to turn off Open Extended Dictionary. If you enable this policy setting, Open Extended Dictionary is turned off. You cannot add a new Open Extended Dictionary. For Japanese Microsoft IME, an Open Extended Dictionary that is added before enabling this policy setting is not used for conversion. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Open Extended Dictionary can be added and used by default. This policy setting is applied to Japanese Microsoft IME.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value |
|---|---|---|---|
| HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\ime\shared\OpenExtendedDict | REG_DWORD | 0 | 1 |
Policy elements
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This policy has no additional user input fields.
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