Ability to set various settings in registry HKLM

[o-l-a-v]

Description of the new feature / enhancement

We deploy PowerToys through Intune in our organization for the few users that need it. Users are by default not admin on their machines, so there are some settings we'd like to be able to control, either with ADMX/ policies or in registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE directly. Like:

• Turn off automatic check for updates.
  • User can't install updates anyways, as they are not admin.
• Turn off features that require admin permissions.
  • Like modfy file explorer add-ons.
• If .NET Core Desktop Runtime 3.1.x is not present, don't offer the user to download and install it.
  • They are not admin, so they can't install it.
  • Related issue: Have Runner verify app dependencies #13645
    • Feature request: Make PowerToys a self-contained deployment.
• Disable individual modules/ programs, like say "PowerRename".

Example settings could be (with values DWord 0 for false, 1 for true)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\PowerToys

• EnableCheckForUpdates
• EnableModuleFileExplorerAddOns
• EnableAdminFeatures
• EnablePromptForNetCoreDownload

Scenario when this would be used?

Enterprise, where users are not admin on their machines.

Supporting information

No response

[Aaron-Junker]

Issue is a duplicate

Thank you for your issue! We've linked your report against another issue #12951

Thanks for helping us to make PowerToys a better piece of software.

Please add your ideas there

[Aaron-Junker]

Duplicate of #12951

[crutkas]

@o-l-a-v we're actually shifting away from machine wide via #10126 and individual against #12951. Admin stuff will be interesting since it requires some reg keys but the UAC reduction work we're doing will make this less of an issue.

for .net core install, https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/wiki/Installer-arguments-for-exe has how to override and not install .net core by default but if your users don't have it, stuff will break left / right.

Happy to work with you for implementations but something like this currently is not a focus for PowerToys core dev team.