Turn off Program Compatibility Assistant
- Policy ID
- AppCompatTurnOffProgramCompatibilityAssistant_1
- Scope
- User Configuration
- Supported on
- At least Windows Vista
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- Windows Components › Application Compatibility
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.
Registry
UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
- DisablePCAREG_DWORD