PreApprovedAddons

Applies To: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012

Important

This setting has been deprecated in Windows® 8.1. The information about this deprecated setting is provided for reference only. Add-ons can still be installed but they will be disabled, by default. Users will be able to choose the add-ons to enable.

PreapprovedAddons contains settings for configuring Internet Explorer® pre-approved add-ons.

Pre-approved add-ons are plug-in modules used to add functionality to Internet Explorer.

PreapprovedAddons can contain one or more AddonGuidItem settings each of which represents a single add-on module.

Child Elements

AddonGuidItem

Specifies settings for an add-on module.

Valid Passes

specialize

Parent Hierarchy

Microsoft-Windows-IE-InternetExplorer | PreapprovedAddons

Applies To

For a list of the supported Windows® editions and architectures that this component supports, see Microsoft-Windows-IE-InternetExplorer.

XML Example

The following XML output shows how to set two Internet Explorer pre-approved add-ons.

<PreapprovedAddons>
  <AddonGuidItem>
    <AddonGuid>{a1b1c123d1e1f4a5a6a7aa8a9a0a}</AddonGuid>
  </AddonGuidItem>
  <AddonGuidItem>
    <AddonGuid>{b1c123d1e1f4a5a6a7aa8a9a0a33}</AddonGuid>
  </AddonGuidItem>
</PreapprovedAddons>

See Also

Concepts

Microsoft-Windows-IE-InternetExplorer
InstalledBHOList
InstalledBrowserExtensions
InstalledToolbarsList