Policy

Turn On Compatibility HTTP Listener

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassComputer
CategoryWindows Components > Windows Remote Management (WinRM) > WinRM Service
Supported onAt least Windows Vista

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista

This policy setting turns on or turns off an HTTP listener created for backward compatibility purposes in the Windows Remote Management (WinRM) service. If you enable this policy setting, the HTTP listener always appears. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the HTTP listener never appears. When certain port 80 listeners are migrated to WinRM 2.0, the listener port number changes to 5985. A listener might be automatically created on port 80 to ensure backward compatibility.

Internal name
HttpCompatibilityListener
Policy ID
3bdd2335f07e
Elements
0

Registry values

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Registry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled value
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WinRM\Service\HttpCompatibilityListenerREG_DWORD
1
0

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