gpo

src/common/GPOWrapperProjection/GPOWrapper.cs

@@ -61,5 +61,10 @@ namespace PowerToys.GPOWrapperProjection
         {
             return (GpoRuleConfigured)PowerToys.GPOWrapper.GPOWrapper.GetRunPluginEnabledValue(pluginID);
         }
+
+        public static GpoRuleConfigured GetConfiguredProjectsEnabledValue()
+        {
+            return (GpoRuleConfigured)PowerToys.GPOWrapper.GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredProjectsEnabledValue();
+        }
     }
 }

src/modules/Projects/ProjectsEditor/App.xaml.cs

@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ namespace ProjectsEditor
 
         private void OnStartup(object sender, StartupEventArgs e)
         {
+            if (PowerToys.GPOWrapperProjection.GPOWrapper.GetConfiguredProjectsEnabledValue() == PowerToys.GPOWrapperProjection.GpoRuleConfigured.Disabled)
+            {
+                Logger.LogWarning("Tried to start with a GPO policy setting the utility to always be disabled. Please contact your systems administrator.");
+                Shutdown(0);
+                return;
+            }
+
             AppDomain.CurrentDomain.UnhandledException += OnUnhandledException;
 
             Logger.InitializeLogger("\\Projects\\Logs");

src/modules/Projects/ProjectsEditor/ProjectsEditor.csproj

@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\GPOWrapperProjection\GPOWrapperProjection.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\interop\PowerToys.Interop.vcxproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\ManagedCommon\ManagedCommon.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\common\ManagedTelemetry\Telemetry\ManagedTelemetry.csproj" />

src/modules/Projects/ProjectsLauncher/main.cpp

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include <AppLauncher.h>
 
+#include <common/utils/gpo.h>
 #include <common/utils/logger_helper.h>
 #include <common/utils/UnhandledExceptionHandler.h>
 
@@ -17,6 +18,12 @@ int APIENTRY WinMain(HINSTANCE hInst, HINSTANCE hInstPrev, LPSTR cmdline, int cm
     LoggerHelpers::init_logger(moduleName, internalPath, LogSettings::projectsLauncherLoggerName);
     InitUnhandledExceptionHandler();  
 
+    if (powertoys_gpo::getConfiguredProjectsEnabledValue() == powertoys_gpo::gpo_rule_configured_disabled)
+    {
+        Logger::warn(L"Tried to start with a GPO policy setting the utility to always be disabled. Please contact your systems administrator.");
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     // read projects
     std::vector<Project> projects;
     try

src/modules/Projects/ProjectsSnapshotTool/main.cpp

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 #include <MonitorUtils.h>
 
+#include <common/utils/gpo.h>
 #include <common/utils/logger_helper.h>
 #include <common/utils/UnhandledExceptionHandler.h>
 
@@ -20,7 +21,13 @@ const std::wstring internalPath = L"";
 int APIENTRY WinMain(HINSTANCE hInst, HINSTANCE hInstPrev, LPSTR cmdLine, int cmdShow)
 {
     LoggerHelpers::init_logger(moduleName, internalPath, LogSettings::projectsLauncherLoggerName);
-    InitUnhandledExceptionHandler();  
+    InitUnhandledExceptionHandler();
+
+    if (powertoys_gpo::getConfiguredProjectsEnabledValue() == powertoys_gpo::gpo_rule_configured_disabled)
+    {
+        Logger::warn(L"Tried to start with a GPO policy setting the utility to always be disabled. Please contact your systems administrator.");
+        return 0;
+    }
 
     SetProcessDpiAwarenessContext(DPI_AWARENESS_CONTEXT_PER_MONITOR_AWARE_V2);