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virtualization:RegistryWriteVirtualization

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Indicates whether virtualization for the registry for your package. If disabled, other apps can read or write the same registry entries as your package.

Note

This element requires the unvirtualizedResources restricted capability.

Element hierarchy

<Package>

    <Properties>

         <virtualization:RegistryWriteVirtualization>

Syntax

<virtualization:RegistryWriteVirtualization>

    <!-- Child elements -->
    virtualization:ExcludedKeys

</virtualization:RegistryWriteVirtualization>

Attributes and elements

Attributes

None.

Child elements

Child element Description
virtualization:ExcludedKeys Specifies the list of keys that are excluded from registry virtualization.

Parent elements

Parent element Description
Properties Defines additional metadata about the package including attributes that describe how the package appears to users.

Remarks

This element requires the unvirtualizedResources restricted capability.

You can only declare registry locations under the HKEY_CURRENT_USER to be excluded from virtualization. This schema and syntax were introduced in the Windows 10, version 2004. Previously, in the Windows 10, version 1903 release, similar functionality was introduced with the desktop6:RegistryWriteVirtualization element. If an application includes both syntaxes for disabling file system virtualization, the old declaration will be used on pre-2004 OS versions while the new declaration will be used on 2004 and later OS versions.

Requirements

Item Value
virtualization http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/virtualization/windows10
Minimum OS Version Windows 10 (Build 20348)