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SpotlightExperiencesAndRecommendationsEnabled

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Choose whether users can receive customized background images and text, suggestions, notifications, and tips for Microsoft services

Supported versions

  • On Windows since 86 or later

Description

Choose whether users can receive customized background images and text, suggestions, notifications, and tips for Microsoft services.

If you enable or don't configure this setting, spotlight experiences and recommendations are turned on.

If you disable this setting, spotlight experiences and recommendations are turned off.

Supported features

  • Can be mandatory: Yes
  • Can be recommended: No
  • Dynamic Policy Refresh: No - Requires browser restart
  • 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: SpotlightExperiencesAndRecommendationsEnabled
  • GP name: Choose whether users can receive customized background images and text, suggestions, notifications, and tips for Microsoft services
  • GP path (Mandatory): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Content settings
  • 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: SpotlightExperiencesAndRecommendationsEnabled
  • Value type: REG_DWORD

Example registry value

0x00000001

See also