Policy

Prevent Media Sharing

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassComputer
CategoryWindows Components > Windows Media Player
Supported onWindows Media Player 11 for Windows XP or Windows Media Player 11 for Windows Vista or later.

Supported OS tags: WindowsVista, WindowsXP

This policy setting allows you to prevent media sharing from Windows Media Player. If you enable this policy setting, any user on this computer is prevented from sharing digital media content from Windows Media Player with other computers and devices that are on the same network. Media sharing is disabled from Windows Media Player or from programs that depend on the Player's media sharing feature. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, anyone using Windows Media Player can turn media sharing on or off.

Internal name
PreventLibrarySharing
Policy ID
419a4b7f387d
Elements
0

Registry values

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Registry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled value
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsMediaPlayer\PreventLibrarySharingREG_DWORD
1
0

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