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NativeWindowOcclusionEnabled

Enable Native Window Occlusion (deprecated)

DEPRECATED: This policy is deprecated. It is currently supported but will become obsolete in a future release.

Supported versions

  • On Windows since 84 or later

Description

This policy is deprecated, use the 'WindowOcclusionEnabled' policy instead. It won't work in Microsoft Edge version 92.

Enables native window occlusion in Microsoft Edge.

If you enable this setting, to reduce CPU and power consumption Microsoft Edge will detect when a window is covered by other windows, and will suspend work painting pixels.

If you disable this setting Microsoft Edge will not detect when a window is covered by other windows.

If this policy is left not set, occlusion detection will be enabled.

Supported features

  • Can be mandatory: Yes
  • Can be recommended: No
  • Dynamic Policy Refresh: Yes
  • Per Profile: No
  • Applies to a profile that is signed in with a Microsoft account: Yes

Data type

  • Boolean

Windows information and settings

Group Policy (ADMX) info

  • GP unique name: NativeWindowOcclusionEnabled
  • GP name: Enable Native Window Occlusion (deprecated)
  • GP path (Mandatory): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge
  • GP path (Recommended): N/A
  • GP ADMX file name: MSEdge.admx

Example value

Enabled

Registry settings

  • Path (Mandatory): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
  • Path (Recommended): N/A
  • Value name: NativeWindowOcclusionEnabled
  • Value type: REG_DWORD

Example registry value

0x00000001

See also