Disable Save this program to disk option

Prevents users from saving a program or file that Microsoft Internet Explorer has downloaded to the hard disk.

If you enable this policy, users cannot save a program to disk by clicking the Save This Program to Disk command while attempting to download a file. The file will not be downloaded and users will be informed that the command is not available.

If you disable this policy or do not configure it, users can download programs from their browsers.

Supported on: At least Internet Explorer 5.0

Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions
Value NameNoSelectDownloadDir
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Enabled Value1
Disabled Value0

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