Policy
Prevent Automatic Updates
Windows 11 25H2
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
This policy setting allows you to turn off do not show first use dialog boxes. If you enable this policy setting, the Privacy Options and Installation Options dialog boxes are prevented from being displayed the first time a user starts Windows Media Player. This policy setting prevents the dialog boxes which allow users to select privacy, file types, and other desktop options from being displayed when the Player is first started. Some of the options can be configured by using other Windows Media Player group policies. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the dialog boxes are displayed when the user starts the Player for the first time.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value |
|---|---|---|---|
| HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsMediaPlayer\DisableAutoUpdate | REG_DWORD | 1 | 0 |
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.
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