Turn off SwitchBack Compatibility Engine
The policy controls the state of the Switchback compatibility engine in the system. Switchback is a mechanism that provides generic compatibility mitigations to older applications by providing older behavior to old applications and new behavior to new applications. Switchback is on by default. If you enable this policy setting, Switchback will be turned off. Turning Switchback off may degrade the compatibility of older applications. This option is useful for server administrators who require performance and are aware of compatibility of the applications they are using. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the Switchback will be turned on. Please reboot the system after changing the setting to ensure that your system accurately reflects those changes.
Policy Details
- Policy Name
- AppCompatTurnOffSwitchBack
- Registry Key
- Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\AppCompat
- Value Name
- SbEnable
- Supported On
- At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
- OMA-URI (CSP)
- ADMX_AppCompat/AppCompatTurnOffSwitchBackOS Build Version:10.0.22000, 10.0.19043.1202, 10.0.19042.1202, 10.0.19041.1202CSP Version:10.0Conflict Resolution:LastWriteAllowed Editions:EnterpriseEnterprise NProfessionalProfessional NEnterprise EvaluationEnterprise N EvaluationEducationEducation NEnterprise SEnterprise S NEnterprise S EvaluationEnterprise S N EvaluationHolographic BusinessPro Single LanguagePro ChinaPro WorkstationPro Workstation NPro For EducationPro For Education NEnterprisegEnterprisegnServerrdshIotenterpriseIotenterprisesCloudeditionnCloudeditionIotenterpriseskIotenterpriseseval
- Policy State Values
- Enabled: 0Disabled: 1
- Available Languages
- en-us