Policy
Show Alert if Excel is not the default for its associated file types
Microsoft Office
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
This policy setting controls the "Tell me if Microsoft Excel isn't the default progam for viewing and editing spreadsheets" option found under File tab | Options. If you enable or do not configure this policy setting, Excel will show an alert if it isn't the default progam for viewing and editing spreadsheets. This is the default behavior. If you disable this policy setting, Excel will turn off the alert.
Internal name
L_ShowAlertIfNotDefault
Policy ID
adccd9bda3dc
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 Value name alertifnotdefault | REG_DWORD | HKCU 1 | HKCU 0 |
Registry location
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\excel\options
Value name
alertifnotdefault
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.