I wrote about it a few times.
There is a proven method of turning SAC ON by using CMD from the Recovery Environment (it is different from CMD in Safe Mode). One has to use the boot method:
Troubleshoot >> Advanced options >> Command Prompt, and run regedit.exe . Next, one has to find the drive with the installed Windows (it can be different from C
and load the SYSTEM HIVE from the Windows\system32\config. In this way, one can change two registry values:
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The data for the registry values VerifiedAndReputablePolicyState and VerifiedAndReputablePolicyStateMinValueSeen are equal to 0, but should be changed to 1.
On some computers, SAC can be turned ON by changing only the first value (VerifiedAndReputablePolicyState), and this can be done without a problem from the normal Windows session after running regedit.exe with Admin rights. This method works well on my 2 computers
but does not work on the third. It can be found via Google, for example:
This tutorial will show you how to manually turn on or off Smart App Control in Windows 11. Smart App Control (SAC) is a new security feature starting with Windows 11 build 22567. Smart App Control can work alongside your other security software, such as Microsoft Defender, for added...
www.elevenforum.com
In the article are also included the .reg files to automate the job without manual registry editing.