Permit use of Application snap-ins
- Policy ID
- MMC_PrefApplications
- Scope
- User Configuration
- Supported on
- At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems or Windows XP Professional with SP2
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- Windows Components › Microsoft Management Console › Restricted/Permitted snap-ins › Group Policy › Preference snap-in extensions
Description
This policy setting allows you to permit or prohibit use of Application snap-ins (Application preference item types). When prohibited, no Application preference item types appear when you attempt to create a new Application preference item, and you are unable to do so. This policy setting does not affect existing Application preference items.
If you enable or do not configure this policy setting, you permit use of Application snap-ins. Enabling this policy setting does not override policy settings that restrict the use of preference extensions.
If you disable this policy setting, you prohibit use of Applications snap-ins, and new Application preference items cannot be created.
Registry
UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
- Restrict_RunREG_DWORD