Turn off Automatic Download and Install of updates

Enables or disables the automatic download and installation of app updates.

If you enable this setting, the automatic download and installation of app updates is turned off.

If you disable this setting, the automatic download and installation of app updates is turned on.

If you don't configure this setting, the automatic download and installation of app updates is determined by a registry setting that the user can change using Settings in the Windows Store.

Supported on: At least Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8.1 or Windows RT 8.1

Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsStore
Value NameAutoDownload
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Enabled Value2
Disabled Value4

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