Detect application installers that need to be run as administrator

Policy ID: DetectUndetectedInstallersPolicy
Scope: Computer Configuration
Supported on: At least Windows Vista
Source: Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category: System › Troubleshooting and Diagnostics › Application Compatibility Diagnostics

Description

This setting exists only for backward compatibility, and is not valid for this version of Windows. To configure the Program Compatibility Assistant, use the 'Turn off Program Compatibility Assistant' setting under Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Application Compatibility.

Options

Scenario Execution Level
- Detection and Troubleshooting Only
- Detection, Troubleshooting and Resolution

Registry

ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WDI\{D113E4AA-2D07-41b1-8D9B-C065194A791D}View registry values

ScenarioExecutionEnabledREG_DWORD
EnabledScenarioExecutionLevelREG_DWORD

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