[win 10] Can you block changes to notification settings

[Rooker75]

I have a Cyberpower UPS with PowerPanel software installed to shut down my PC if the battery should run down during an outage. I've set Windows to turn off notifications from this software, but discovered it is tampering with the setting to turn the notifications back on every time I reboot the PC. Is there a way to disable this software's access to that setting? A registry tweak or something? This is Windows 10 Home, so no access to gpedit.

[dubiousintent]

The screenshot indicates you are setting the OS notifications. Most likely the CyberPower PowerPanel app is in the "startup" folder and is overriding that. You need to also configure the PowerPanel to not provide the notifications as well. There are apparently both a Personal and a Business version of the PowerPanel. Like a "Home" version of Windows, "Personal" versions of apps tend to have fewer features so you may not have that option.

 

Failing an option directly in the PowerPanel, you would need to search the registry for a "Cyberpower" or other vendor specific string key to find a setting to tweak. Be sure to back up any registry key so you can restore it if you try experimenting with that.

 

-Dubious-

[Rooker75]

The app doesn't have a setting for turning off notifications, just one to mute the sound of them. What I need is a way to block unauthorized tampering with the list of apps allowed to show notifications. The behavior is malicious and I want to know how to block it.

[dubiousintent]

Did you set the notifications setting for that specific app in the Windows "Action Center" from an "Administrator" account? If so and it didn't seem to stick, then boot into "Safe Mode" and do so from the "System Administrator" account.

 

If none of that works, then you need to take it up with either Cyberpower or Microsoft, as they aren't following Win10 behavior guidelines.

 

-Dubious-

[Rooker75]

I think I found the problem. If you click on the app's icon instead of the on/off toggle, it opens a new window for advanced settings, something you'd never know unless you did it by accident. Nice UI work there, Microsoft. It looked like this at first, with all but the top toggle grayed out.

 

I had reenable notifications in order to access the lower toggles to turn them all off (again, such nice UI work, Microsoft). I'm hoping this fixes it. I guess I'll find out next time my power blinks while I'm gaming.