Policy

Do not display the Welcome Center at user logon

This policy setting prevents the display of the Welcome Center at user logon. If you enable this policy setting, the Welcome Center is not displayed at user logon. The user can access the Welcome Center using the Control Panel or Start menu. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the Welcome Center is displayed at user logon.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category Windows Components / File Explorer
Policy ID 110af505fdbd
Internal name RestrictWelcomeCenter

Registry

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HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\RestrictWelcomeCenter (enabled) = 1
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\RestrictWelcomeCenter (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting prevents the display of the Welcome Center at user logon. If you enable this policy setting, the Welcome Center is not displayed at user logon. The user can access the Welcome Center using the Control Panel or Start menu. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the Welcome Center is displayed at user logon.

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