I'm trying to figure out a way to disable the Apps option from the Microsoft Edge Settings and more (Alt+F4) drop down menu as can be done with Collections and Share options where it shows Managed by your organization. Via registry, group policy, PowerShell command, etc.
Question(s)
- Is there a way to make Apps restricted here so it's greyed out as Managed by your organization, or a registry setting, or security a configuration that will disallow it from being selected?
- Or a way to disallow Install this site as an app from adding new sites in the list?
Visual pointers and other detail...
Open up Edge and do this to you see it in action with whatever site you are on when you select the options, it'll make an app for it and launch the URL in a kiosk type window when selected.
The problem is when the Apps option is pressed, it brings up the prompt to Install this site as an app and that allows the creation of an entry in the All apps and pins of its menu area.
What I've done and tried...
The URL of
edge://*
is blocked via the group policy setting of Block access to a list of URLs in User Configuration | Policies | Administrative Templates | Microsoft Edge.- When you click on Manage Apps from the Apps option it does block that but I need to prevent the Install this site as an app action when pressed.
In the same User Configuration | Policies | Administrative Templates | Microsoft Edge group policy path, it's also set as...
[{"url": "https://www.mycoolsite.com/","default_launch_container": "tab"}]
- Disabled for the Allow Pin to taskbar wizard
- Both of these were made effective but it still allows other sites to be added via the Install this site as an app option.
Looked through every policy settings one-by-one and not seeing anything relevant so this may very well be a human error and oversight issue.
Tons of Googling research to see if there's a registry key that can have restrictive permissions set to disallow the Apps option from the menu.
Downloaded and installed the latest policy definitions and also confirmed I'm on the latest stable version of Edge [88.0.705.74] too via Download and deploy Microsoft Edge.