Policy
Alert before overwriting cells
Microsoft Office 5532.1000
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
This policy setting sets the "Alert before overwriting cells" option found under File tab | Options | Advanced | Editing Options. If you enable or do not configure this policy setting, Excel will give a warning if cells are about to be overwritten. This is the default behavior. If you disable this policy setting, Excel will suppress the warning that cells are about to be overwritten.
Internal name
L_Alertbeforeoverwritingcells
Policy ID
36ecda4a332f
Elements
0
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value |
|---|---|---|---|
| HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\excel\options\binaryoptions\fnodragwarning_76_1 | REG_DWORD | 0 | 1 |
Policy elements
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This policy has no additional user input fields.
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