Enable dev drive

Policy ID
EnableDevDrive
Scope
Computer Configuration
Supported on
At least Windows 11 Version 22H2
Source
Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category
System › Filesystem

Description

Dev drive or developer volume is a volume optimized for performance of developer scenarios. A developer volume allows an administrator to choose file system filters that are attached on the volume.

Disabling this setting will disallow creation of new developer volumes, existing developer volumes will mount as regular volumes.

If this setting is not configured the default policy is to enable developer volumes while allowing antivirus filter to attach on a deveveloper volume. Further, if not configured, a local administrator can choose to not have antivirus filter attached to a developer volume.

A reboot is required for this setting to take effect.

Options

The empty box and the checked box tell the checkbox items of the Group Policy editor apart (a checked box is an item that is selected by default).

  • Let antivirus filter protect dev drives

Registry

ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
  • FsEnableDevDriveREG_DWORD
  • FltmgrDevDriveAllowAntivirusFilterREG_DWORD

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