Alternate startup file location
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Key metadata and intent for this policy.

User
Category
Microsoft Excel 2016 > Excel Options > Advanced
Supported on
Windows7

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

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No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.

Policy elements

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ScopeElementTypeRegistry mappingConstraints & behaviorCopy
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
User · Type text
Registry mapping
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\excel\options
Value name
altstartup
Type
REG_SZ
DetailsNone