Policy

Disable installing Windows apps on non-system volumes

This policy setting allows you to manage installing Windows apps on additional volumes such as secondary partitions, USB drives, or SD cards. If you enable this setting, you can't move or install Windows apps on volumes that are not the system volume. If you disable or do not configure this setting, you can move or install Windows apps on other volumes.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category Windows Components / App Package Deployment
Policy ID 8a7f91b62dd1
Internal name DisableDeploymentToNonSystemVolumes

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Appx\RestrictAppToSystemVolume (enabled) = 1
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Appx\RestrictAppToSystemVolume (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting allows you to manage installing Windows apps on additional volumes such as secondary partitions, USB drives, or SD cards. If you enable this setting, you can't move or install Windows apps on volumes that are not the system volume. If you disable or do not configure this setting, you can move or install Windows apps on other volumes.

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