Policy

Do not show the 'new application installed' notification

This policy removes the end-user notification for new application associations. These associations are based on file types (e.g. *.txt) or protocols (e.g. http:) If this group policy is enabled, no notifications will be shown. If the group policy is not configured or disabled, notifications will be shown to the end user if a new application has been installed that can handle the file type or protocol association that was invoked.

Policy
PackMicrosoft Windows
CategoryWindows Components / File Explorer
Policy ID28776774fe27
Internal nameNoNewAppAlert

Registry

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HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\NoNewAppAlert (enabled) = 1
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\NoNewAppAlert (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy removes the end-user notification for new application associations. These associations are based on file types (e.g. *.txt) or protocols (e.g. http:) If this group policy is enabled, no notifications will be shown. If the group policy is not configured or disabled, notifications will be shown to the end user if a new application has been installed that can handle the file type or protocol association that was invoked.

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