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Supported on: At least Internet Explorer 6.0 in Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1

Registry

HKLM Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_RESTRICT_FILEDOWNLOAD

HKCU Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_RESTRICT_FILEDOWNLOAD

Value name: *

Enabled: * = 1

Disabled: * = 0

Description

This policy setting enables applications hosting the Web Browser Control to block automatic prompting of file downloads that are not user initiated. If you enable this policy setting, the Web Browser Control will block automatic prompting of file downloads that are not user initiated for all processes. If you disable this policy setting, the Web Browser Control will not block automatic prompting of file downloads that are not user initiated for all processes.