Prevent Media Sharing
- Policy ID
- PreventLibrarySharing
- Scope
- Computer Configuration
- Supported on
- Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP or Windows Media Player 11 for Windows Vista or later.
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- Windows Components › Windows Media Player
Description
This policy setting allows you to prevent media sharing from Windows Media Player.
If you enable this policy setting, any user on this computer is prevented from sharing digital media content from Windows Media Player with other computers and devices that are on the same network. Media sharing is disabled from Windows Media Player or from programs that depend on the Player's media sharing feature.
If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, anyone using Windows Media Player can turn media sharing on or off.
Registry
ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- PreventLibrarySharingREG_DWORD