Turn off pop-up management
- Policy ID
- RestrictPopupManagement
- Scope
- Computer Configuration, User Configuration
- Supported on
- At least Internet Explorer 6.0 in Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- Windows Components › Internet Explorer
Description
This policy setting allows you to manage pop-up management functionality in Internet Explorer.
If you enable this policy setting, the Control Panel information relating to pop-up management will be unavailable (grayed out) and all other pop-up manager controls, notifications, and dialog boxes will not appear. Pop-up windows will continue to function as they did in Windows XP Service Pack 1 or earlier, although windows launched off screen will continue to be re-positioned onscreen.
If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the popup management feature will be functional.
Registry
ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- NoPopupManagement-
UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
- NoPopupManagement-