Policy

Turn off pop-up management

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

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ClassComputer
CategoryWindows Components > Internet Explorer
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

This policy setting allows you to manage pop-up management functionality in Internet Explorer. If you enable this policy setting, the Control Panel information relating to pop-up management will be unavailable (grayed out) and all other pop-up manager controls, notifications, and dialog boxes will not appear. Pop-up windows will continue to function as they did in Windows XP Service Pack 1 or earlier, although windows launched off screen will continue to be re-positioned onscreen. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the popup management feature will be functional.

Internal name
RestrictPopupManagement
Policy ID
56f898d7853d
Elements
0

Registry values

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Registry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled value
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions\NoPopupManagementREG_DWORD
1
0

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