Policy

Turn on PowerShell Transcription

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassComputer
CategoryWindows Components > Windows PowerShell
Supported onAt least Microsoft Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 family

Supported OS tags: Windows7, WindowsServer2008

This policy setting lets you capture the input and output of Windows PowerShell commands into text-based transcripts. If you enable this policy setting, Windows PowerShell will enable transcripting for Windows PowerShell, the Windows PowerShell ISE, and any other applications that leverage the Windows PowerShell engine. By default, Windows PowerShell will record transcript output to each users' My Documents directory, with a file name that includes 'PowerShell_transcript', along with the computer name and time started. Enabling this policy is equivalent to calling the Start-Transcript cmdlet on each Windows PowerShell session. If you disable this policy setting, transcripting of PowerShell-based applications is disabled by default, although transcripting can still be enabled through the Start-Transcript cmdlet. If you use the OutputDirectory setting to enable transcript logging to a shared location, be sure to limit access to that directory to prevent users from viewing the transcripts of other users or computers. Note: This policy setting exists under both Computer Configuration and User Configuration in the Group Policy Editor. The Computer Configuration policy setting takes precedence over the User Configuration policy setting.

Internal name
EnableTranscripting
Policy ID
5321e32dc583
Elements
2

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

Registry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled value
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\Transcription\EnableTranscriptingREG_DWORD
1
0

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

ElementTypeRegistry mappingConstraints & behavior
Transcript output directory
ID OutputDirectory
text
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\Transcription\OutputDirectory
Type REG_SZ
None
Include invocation headers:
ID EnableInvocationHeader
boolean
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\Transcription\EnableInvocationHeader
Type REG_DWORD
Options: true (), false ()
True: None · False: None

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