Policy
Alert before overwriting cells
Microsoft Office
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.
| Scope | Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| User | Path software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\excel\options\binaryoptions Value name fnodragwarning_76_1 | REG_DWORD | HKCU 0 | HKCU 1 |
Registry location
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\excel\options\binaryoptions
Value name
fnodragwarning_76_1
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
0
Disabled value
1
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.