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AutoOpenAllowedForURLs

URLs where AutoOpenFileTypes can apply

Supported versions

  • On Windows and macOS since 85 or later

Description

A list of URLs to which AutoOpenFileTypes will apply to. This policy has no impact on automatically open values set by users via the download shelf ... > "Always open files of this type" menu entry.

If you set URLs in this policy, files will only automatically open by policy if the URL is part of this set and the file type is listed in AutoOpenFileTypes. If either condition is false, the download won't automatically open by policy.

If you don't set this policy, all downloads where the file type is in AutoOpenFileTypes will automatically open.

A URL pattern has to be formatted according to https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2095322.

This policy does not work as expected with file://* wildcards.

Supported features

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

Data type

  • List of strings

Windows information and settings

Group Policy (ADMX) info

  • GP unique name: AutoOpenAllowedForURLs
  • GP name: URLs where AutoOpenFileTypes can apply
  • GP path (Mandatory): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge
  • GP path (Recommended): N/A
  • GP ADMX file name: MSEdge.admx

Example value

example.com

https://ssl.server.com

hosting.com/good_path

https://server:8080/path

.exact.hostname.com

Registry settings

  • Path (Mandatory): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\AutoOpenAllowedForURLs
  • Path (Recommended): N/A
  • Value name: 1, 2, 3, ...
  • Value type: List of REG_SZ

Example registry value

SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\AutoOpenAllowedForURLs\1 =

example.com

SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\AutoOpenAllowedForURLs\2 =

https://ssl.server.com

SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\AutoOpenAllowedForURLs\3 =

hosting.com/good_path

SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\AutoOpenAllowedForURLs\4 =

https://server:8080/path

SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\AutoOpenAllowedForURLs\5 =

.exact.hostname.com

Mac information and settings

  • Preference Key name: AutoOpenAllowedForURLs
  • Example value:
<array>
  <string>example.com</string>
  <string>https://ssl.server.com</string>
  <string>hosting.com/good_path</string>
  <string>https://server:8080/path</string>
  <string>.exact.hostname.com</string>
</array>

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