Policy

Internet Explorer Processes

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassUser
CategoryWindows Components > Internet Explorer > Security Features > Local Machine Zone Lockdown Security
Supported onAt least Internet Explorer 6.0 in Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2003, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista, WindowsXP

Internet Explorer places zone restrictions on each Web page it opens, which are dependent upon the location of the Web page (Internet, Intranet, Local Machine zone, etc.). Web pages on the local computer have the fewest security restrictions and reside in the Local Machine zone. Local Machine zone security applies to all local files and content processed by Internet Explorer. This feature helps to mitigate attacks where the Local Machine zone is used as an attack vector to load malicious HTML code. If you enable this policy setting, the Local Machine zone security applies to all local files and content processed by Internet Explorer. If you disable this policy setting, Local Machine zone security is not applied to local files or content processed by Internet Explorer. If you do not configure this policy setting, the Local Machine zone security applies to all local files and content processed by Internet Explorer.

Internal name
IESF_PolicyExplorerProcesses_4
Policy ID
a984f96004eb
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

Registry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled value
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_LOCALMACHINE_LOCKDOWN\(Reserved)REG_SZ
1
0
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_LOCALMACHINE_LOCKDOWN\explorer.exeREG_SZ
1
0
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_LOCALMACHINE_LOCKDOWN\iexplore.exeREG_SZ
1
0

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