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This policy setting enables applications hosting the Web Browser Control to block automatic prompting of ActiveX control installation.

If you enable this policy setting, the Web Browser Control will block automatic prompting of ActiveX control installation for all processes.

If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the Web Browser Control will not block automatic prompting of ActiveX control installation for all processes.

Supported on: At least Internet Explorer 6.0 in Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1

Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_RESTRICT_ACTIVEXINSTALL
Value Name*
Value TypeREG_SZ
Enabled Value1
Disabled Value0

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