GPO tool

Group Policy made searchable

A free ADMX browser or comparison tool for IT administrators.Search policies, find registry keys, and see exactly what each setting writes to the Windows Registry. Or compare two GPO backups to see exactly what has changed between them.

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Prohibit User Installs

This policy setting allows you to configure user installs. To configure this policy setting, set it to enabled and use the drop-down list to select the behavior you want.

If you do not configure this policy setting, or if the policy setting is enabled and "Allow User Installs" is selected, the installer allows and makes use of products that are installed per user, and products that are installed per computer. If the installer finds a per-user install of an application, this hides a per-computer installation of that same product.

If you enable this policy setting and "Hide User Installs" is selected, the installer ignores per-user applications. This causes a per-computer installed application to be visible to users, even if those users have a per-user install of the product registered in their user profile.

Registry Information

VendorMicrosoft
ProductMSI
CategoryWindows Installer
Applies toComputer Configuration
Supported onMicrosoft Windows XP or Windows 2000 with Windows Installer v2.0
Registry Key[HKLM]SoftwarePoliciesMicrosoftWindowsInstaller

Policy Settings

User Install Behavior:

Registry Key[HKLM]SoftwarePoliciesMicrosoftWindowsInstaller
Value NameDisableUserInstalls
TypeREG_DWORD
Values
  • Allow User Installs (0)
  • Hide User Installs (1)