Policy
Configure Toolbar Buttons
Windows 11 25H2
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Specifies which buttons will be displayed on the standard toolbar in Microsoft Internet Explorer. If you enable this policy, you can specify whether or not each button will be displayed by selecting or clearing the check boxes for each button. If you disable this policy or do not configure it, the standard toolbar will be displayed with its default settings, unless users customize it.
Internal name
ToolbarButtons
Policy ID
d342fbd2a0ae
Elements
20
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.
| Element | Type | Registry mapping | Constraints & behavior |
|---|---|---|---|
Show Back button ID Btn_Back | boolean | HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Btn_Back Type REG_DWORD | Options: true (1), false (2) True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 2 |
Show Forward button ID Btn_Forward | boolean | HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Btn_Forward Type REG_DWORD | Options: true (1), false (2) True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 2 |
Show Stop button ID Btn_Stop | boolean | HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Btn_Stop Type REG_DWORD | Options: true (1), false (2) True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 2 |
Show Refresh button ID Btn_Refresh | boolean | HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Btn_Refresh Type REG_DWORD | Options: true (1), false (2) True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 2 |
Show Home button ID Btn_Home | boolean | HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Btn_Home Type REG_DWORD | Options: true (1), false (2) True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 2 |
Show Search button ID Btn_Search | boolean | HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Btn_Search Type REG_DWORD | Options: true (1), false (2) True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 2 |
Show Favorites button ID Btn_Favorites | boolean | HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Btn_Favorites Type REG_DWORD | Options: true (1), false (2) True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 2 |
Show History button ID Btn_History | boolean | HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Btn_History Type REG_DWORD | Options: true (1), false (2) True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 2 |
Show Folders button ID Btn_Folders | boolean | HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Btn_Folders Type REG_DWORD | Options: true (1), false (2) True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 2 |
Show Fullscreen button ID Btn_Fullscreen | boolean | HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Btn_Fullscreen Type REG_DWORD | Options: true (1), false (2) True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 2 |
Show Tools button ID Btn_Tools | boolean | HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Btn_Tools Type REG_DWORD | Options: true (1), false (2) True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 2 |
Show Mail button ID Btn_MailNews | boolean | HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Btn_MailNews Type REG_DWORD | Options: true (1), false (2) True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 2 |
Show Font size button ID Btn_Size | boolean | HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Btn_Size Type REG_DWORD | Options: true (1), false (2) True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 2 |
Show Print button ID Btn_Print | boolean | HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Btn_Print Type REG_DWORD | Options: true (1), false (2) True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 2 |
Show Edit button ID Btn_Edit | boolean | HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Btn_Edit Type REG_DWORD | Options: true (1), false (2) True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 2 |
Show Discussions button ID Btn_Discussions | boolean | HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Btn_Discussions Type REG_DWORD | Options: true (1), false (2) True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 2 |
Show Cut button ID Btn_Cut | boolean | HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Btn_Cut Type REG_DWORD | Options: true (1), false (2) True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 2 |
Show Copy button ID Btn_Copy | boolean | HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Btn_Copy Type REG_DWORD | Options: true (1), false (2) True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 2 |
Show Paste button ID Btn_Paste | boolean | HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Btn_Paste Type REG_DWORD | Options: true (1), false (2) True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 2 |
Show Encoding button ID Btn_Encoding | boolean | HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Btn_Encoding Type REG_DWORD | Options: true (1), false (2) True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 2 |
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