Do not display the Welcome Center at user logon
- Policy ID
- RestrictWelcomeCenter
- Scope
- User Configuration
- Supported on
- Windows Vista only
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- Windows Components › File Explorer
Description
This policy setting prevents the display of the Welcome Center at user logon.
If you enable this policy setting, the Welcome Center is not displayed at user logon. The user can access the Welcome Center using the Control Panel or Start menu.
If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the Welcome Center is displayed at user logon.
Registry
UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
- RestrictWelcomeCenterREG_DWORD