Policy
Alternate startup file location
Microsoft Office
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
This policy setting allows you to specify the folder where files will be opened by Excel at startup. If you enable this policy setting, you may specify the folder where files will be opened by Excel at startup. Files will be opened from this folder in addition to the XLSTART folder in the Microsoft Office installation directory (default C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\XLSTART). If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, files will only be opened from the XLSTART folder.
Internal name
L_Alternatestartupfilelocation
Policy ID
632a29affd07
Elements
1
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
| Scope | Element | Type | Registry mapping | Constraints & behavior | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| User | Alternate startup file location ID L_alternatestartupfilelocation86 | text | Path software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\excel\options Value name altstartup Type REG_SZ | None |
Alternate startup file location
Registry mapping
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\excel\options
Value name
altstartup
Type
REG_SZ
DetailsNone