Policy

Prevent embedded UI

This policy setting controls the ability to prevent embedded UI. If you enable this policy setting, no packages on the system can run embedded UI. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, embedded UI is allowed to run.

Policy
PackMicrosoft Windows
CategoryWindows Components / Windows Installer
Policy ID1a9c861cac12
Internal nameMsiDisableEmbeddedUI

Registry

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HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer\MsiDisableEmbeddedUI (enabled) = 1
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer\MsiDisableEmbeddedUI (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting controls the ability to prevent embedded UI. If you enable this policy setting, no packages on the system can run embedded UI. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, embedded UI is allowed to run.

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