Disable changing secondary home page settings: registry value SecondaryHomePagesComputerHKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\SecondaryStartPages

Policy ID: SecondaryHomePages
Scope: Computer Configuration, User Configuration
Supported on: At least Internet Explorer 8.0
Source: Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category: Windows Components › Internet Explorer

Registry

(list values)

REG_SZComputerUser

…\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\SecondaryStartPagesHKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\SecondaryStartPages Current key
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\SecondaryStartPages

Enabled value: Depends on the option value
Element: Secondary home pages
Value type: REG_SZ
Add to existing value: true

Apply with .reg · CMD · PowerShell

ComputerMachine-wide setting

.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\SecondaryStartPages]
"<enter value>"="<enter value>"

CMD

reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\SecondaryStartPages" /v "<enter value>" /t REG_SZ /d "<enter value>" /f

PowerShell

New-Item -Path 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\SecondaryStartPages' -Force | Out-Null
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\SecondaryStartPages' -Name '<enter value>' -PropertyType String -Value '<enter value>' -Force | Out-Null

UserPer-account setting

.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\SecondaryStartPages]
"<enter value>"="<enter value>"

CMD

reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\SecondaryStartPages" /v "<enter value>" /t REG_SZ /d "<enter value>" /f

PowerShell

New-Item -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\SecondaryStartPages' -Force | Out-Null
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\SecondaryStartPages' -Name '<enter value>' -PropertyType String -Value '<enter value>' -Force | Out-Null