9.22. Background Apps

⌘ + r › ms-settings:privacy-backgroundapps

Leave background service enabled, but disable all apps. This will prevent the start menu search from breaking.

See Determining App List to generate a list of apps for more fine grained control of app access.

Important

If start menu searches start to fail, it is because background apps service has been disabled. See Fix Windows Applications Not Appearing in Start Menu Searches.

9.22.1. Let apps run in the background

Enable Let apps run in the background

GPO

Computer Configuration › Administrative Templates › Windows Components › App Privacy › Let Windows apps run in the background

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ENABLED

Default for all apps

User is in control

Updated: 2021-02-19 Reference

Registry

2 disables apps running in the background.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\AppPrivacy

LetAppsRunInBackground

DWORD

0

Updated: 2021-02-19 Reference

9.22.2. Choose which apps can run in the background

See Background Apps.