Policy
Microsoft Office query files
Microsoft Office 5532.1000
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
This policy setting allows you to determine whether users can open, view, edit, or save Excel files with the format specified by the title of this policy setting. If you enable this policy setting, you can specify whether users can open, view, edit, or save files. The options that can be selected are below. Note: Not all options may be available for this policy setting. - Do not block: The file type will not be blocked. - Save blocked: Saving of the file type will be blocked. - Open/Save blocked, use open policy: Both opening and saving of the file type will be blocked. The file will open based on the policy setting configured in the "default file block behavior" key. - Block: Both opening and saving of the file type will be blocked, and the file will not open. - Open in Protected View: Both opening and saving of the file type will be blocked, and the option to edit the file type will not be enabled. - Allow editing and open in Protected View: Both opening and saving of the file type will be blocked, and the option to edit will be enabled. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the file type will not be blocked.
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.
| Element | Type | Registry mapping | Constraints & behavior |
|---|---|---|---|
File block setting: ID L_MicrosoftOfficeQueryFilesDropID | enum | HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\excel\security\fileblock\officequeries Type REG_DWORD | Options: Do not block (0), Save blocked (1), Open/Save blocked, use open policy (2), Block (3), Open in Protected View (4), Allow editing and open in Protected View (5) |
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