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Smart App Control settings greyed out

kirbster 1 95 Reputation points
2026-01-29T13:31:48.24+00:00

Windows 11 26200.7701 Release Preview

Has anyone else experienced greyed out buttons on Smart App Control? In the Windows blog it stated that SAC could now be turned off/on. This morning there was a further update, "Update for Windows Security platform - KB5007651 (Version 10.0.29510.1001)". So I went to SAC and noticed that the "reinstall wording" that used to be next to the Off circle was gone. So after having read the Windows blog that it could now be turned off/on without a reinstall I decided to turn it OFF.

After rebooting my system, went back to SAC and noticed that both the On and Evaluation circles had been greyed out and am unable to "Turn it back on". saponoff

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  1. Lucus-V 8,340 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
    2026-01-29T20:52:16.46+00:00

    Hi kirbster 1,

    Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum. I'm happy to help.

    You may use registry value to modify Smart App Control state. Please save following contents to a .reg file and run it to merge the value.

    To turn on Smart App Control:

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CI\Policy]
"VerifiedAndReputablePolicyState"=dword:00000001

    To set Smart App Control to Evaluation mode:

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CI\Policy]
"VerifiedAndReputablePolicyState"=dword:00000002

    To turn off Smart App Control:

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CI\Policy]
"VerifiedAndReputablePolicyState"=dword:00000000

    In additional, the function is under development. If above solution can't help, you may try to switch to Dev / Beta Channels to see if it gets any improvement.

    I hope that above information is helpful to you.

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