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Does anyone know which GPO setting is the one to turn this on? I've installed the May 2020 Administrative Templates but cant find it. ![37166-image.png][1] [1]: /api/attachments/37166-image.png?platform=QnA
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Ok so I tried adding the Edge admin templates and it made no difference. I decided to spend (waste) my time finding this and after much trial and error, I found that it is in fact this: Computer > Policy > Admin > Windows Components > Windows Defender Smartscreen > Explorer > Configure Windows defender Smartscreen Turning this on, enables this setting. I will note that I had to install May and October 2020 admin templates in. May 2020 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/101445 October 2020 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=102157 You may have to restart the PC for this to apply - GPUPDATE /FORCE does not apply it ![43716-screenshot-2020-11-30-170204.jpg][1] [1]: /api/attachments/43716-screenshot-2020-11-30-170204.jpg?platform=QnA
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Strangely, that setting didn't work for me, yet the Edge templates did!
I wonder if you need to have BOTH of these set???
I dont have the edge policies applied.
I turned on that one option and if you flick it off/on it will stay on and grey out to not be configurable. Or, a restart would have forced it on.
So strange, I had no result from just the policy you changed, only when I added the Edge policies, although I did have your setting set originally.
Are you using 20H2 with Edge Chromium 87?
I wonder if both settings may be needed depending on the precise mix? That would be Microsoft's style!
Im on 20H2 with Version 87.0.664.47 Edge
So strange, there must be some logic to different policies working for each of us, but I can't see it atm.
I guess for anyone else reading, try either, or both of these settings then, and if one doesn't work for you the other might!
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Just setting the new Edge settings, after adding the Edge admx templates, worked for me.
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I had a similar problem for Windows Server 2022
I had the following GPOs set:
Windows Components/Microsoft Defender Antivirus
This is how it appears in Windows Server 2019
And this is how it appears in Windows Server 2022
There is a new setting introduced with Windows Server 2022 for "Block downloads".
The GPO setting to control that is:
Windows Components/Microsoft Edge/SmartScreen settings
App & browser control will then show as fully turned on.
In summary, the PUA GPO settings are as follows:
For Windows Server 2016:
MS Security Guide
For Windows Server 2019:
Windows Components/Microsoft Defender Antivirus
For Windows Server 2022
Windows Components/Microsoft Edge/SmartScreen settings
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Thank you for the detailed description and screenshots. Setting the MS Edge Smartscreen in GP worked for me.