Windows Group Policy's

Group Policy User Account Control Detect Application Installations And Prompt For Elevation

Windows Group Policy Name :- Group Policy - User Account Control: Detect application installations and prompt for elevation

Requirements :-

  • Work on any windows OS

Description :-

This policy setting controls the behavior of application installation detection for the computer. The options are: • Enabled: (Default) When an application installation package is detected that requires elevation of privilege, the user is prompted to enter an administrative user name and password. If the user enters valid credentials, the operation continues with the applicable privilege. • Disabled: Application installation packages are not detected and prompted for elevation. Enterprises that are running standard user desktops and use delegated installation technologies such as Group Policy Software Installation or Systems Management Server (SMS) should disable this policy setting. In this case, installer detection is unnecessary.

Note :-

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Main Directory :-

Sub Directory :-

Policy Path :-

Local Computer Policy -> Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options

Policy Path :-

configure-group policy - User Account Control: Detect application installations and prompt for elevation

Policy Path :-

output-group policy - User Account Control: Detect application installations and prompt for elevation

Note :-

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After changing group policy options, you need to update group policy. If you do not update group policy then settings will not effect. To update it just simply type below command and also sample image is shown.

Command :-

gpupdate /force

output-update-group-policy
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In about command we used "/force" option, this will help up to update policy options forcefully.