Tasks/090-Disable-ABWidgets.ps1
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function Disable-ABWidgets { <# .SYNOPSIS Completely disables Widgets via policy (the Settings toggle is greyed out). .DESCRIPTION See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-newsandinterests#allownewsandinterests .PARAMETER DisableOnLockScreen Also disable widgets on the lock screen. #> [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [bool] $DisableOnLockScreen = $true ) Write-ABLog 'Disabling Widgets' $path = 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Dsh' if (-not (Test-Path $path)) { New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null } if ($DisableOnLockScreen) { Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'DisableWidgetsOnLockScreen' -Value 1 -Type DWord } Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'DisableWidgetsBoard' -Value 1 -Type DWord Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'AllowNewsAndInterests' -Value 0 -Type DWord } |