Policy
Turn off Reopen Last Browsing Session
This policy setting allows you to manage whether a user has access to the Reopen Last Browsing Session feature in Internet Explorer. If you enable this policy setting, the user cannot use the Reopen Last Browsing Session feature. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the user can use the Reopen Last Browsing Session feature.
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category Windows Components / Internet Explorer
Policy ID
d172b161eaae Internal name
DisableReopenLastBrowsingSession Registry
Copy registry mappings
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\NoReopenLastSession (enabled) = 1
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\NoReopenLastSession (disabled) = 0HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\NoReopenLastSession (enabled) = 1
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\NoReopenLastSession (disabled) = 0Policy notes
This policy setting allows you to manage whether a user has access to the Reopen Last Browsing Session feature in Internet Explorer. If you enable this policy setting, the user cannot use the Reopen Last Browsing Session feature. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the user can use the Reopen Last Browsing Session feature.
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