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# _enable
**Microsoft Specific**  
  
 Enables interrupts.  
  
## Syntax  
  
```  
void _enable(void);  
```  
  
## Requirements  
  
|Intrinsic|Architecture|  
|---------------|------------------|  
|`_enable`|x86, ARM, [!INCLUDE[vcprx64](../assembler/inline/includes/vcprx64_md.md)]|  
  
 **Header file** \<intrin.h>  
  
## Remarks  
 `_enable` instructs the processor to set the interrupt flag. On x86 systems, this function generates the Set Interrupt Flag (`sti`) instruction.  
  
 This function is only available in kernel mode. If used in user mode, a Privileged Instruction exception is thrown.  
  
**END Microsoft Specific**  
  
## See Also  
 [Compiler Intrinsics](../intrinsics/compiler-intrinsics.md)