This policy setting enables blocking of ActiveX control installation prompts for Internet Explorer processes.
If you enable this policy setting, prompting for ActiveX control installations will be blocked for Internet Explorer processes.
If you disable this policy setting, prompting for ActiveX control installations will not be blocked for Internet Explorer processes.
If you do not configure this policy setting, the user's preference will be used to determine whether to block ActiveX control installations for Internet Explorer processes.
| Registry Path | Value Name | Value Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_RESTRICT_ACTIVEXINSTALL | (Reserved) | REG_SZ | 1 |
| Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_RESTRICT_ACTIVEXINSTALL | explorer.exe | REG_SZ | 1 |
| Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_RESTRICT_ACTIVEXINSTALL | iexplore.exe | REG_SZ | 1 |
| Registry Hive | Registry Path | Value Name | Value Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE | Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_RESTRICT_ACTIVEXINSTALL | (Reserved) | REG_SZ | 0 |
| HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE | Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_RESTRICT_ACTIVEXINSTALL | explorer.exe | REG_SZ | 0 |
| HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE | Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_RESTRICT_ACTIVEXINSTALL | iexplore.exe | REG_SZ | 0 |