Policy
Prevent Radio Station Preset Retrieval
Windows 11 25H2
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows2000, WindowsServer2003, WindowsXP
This policy setting allows you to prevent radio station presets from being retrieved from the Internet. If you enable this policy setting, the Player is prevented from automatically retrieving radio station presets from the Internet and displaying them in Media Library. In addition, presets that exist before the policy is configured are not be updated, and presets a user adds are not be displayed. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the Player automatically retrieves radio station presets from the Internet.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value |
|---|---|---|---|
| HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsMediaPlayer\PreventRadioPresetsRetrieval | 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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