Policy
All Processes
Windows 11 25H2
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2003, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista, WindowsXP
This policy setting allows you to manage whether processes respect add-on management user preferences (as reflected by Add-on Manager) or policy settings. By default, any process other than the Internet Explorer processes or those listed in the 'Process List' policy setting ignore add-on management user preferences and policy settings. If you enable this policy setting, all processes will respect add-on management user preferences and policy settings. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, all processes will not respect add-on management user preferences or policy settings.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value |
|---|---|---|---|
| HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_ADDON_MANAGEMENT\* | REG_SZ | 1 | 0 |
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.
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