Enable remote mailslots
- Policy ID
- Pol_EnableMailslots
- Scope
- Computer Configuration
- Supported on
- At least Windows Server 2025, Windows 11
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- Network › Lanman Server
Description
This policy controls whether the SMB server will enable or disable remote mailslots over the computer browser service.
If you disable this policy setting, the computer browser service will no longer run as expected.
If you do not configure this policy setting, the computer browser may still be working with remote mailslots enabled.
Note: This policy requires a Windows reboot to take effect.
Registry
ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- EnableMailslotsREG_DWORD