Policy
Turn off file validation
Microsoft Office
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
This policy setting allows you turn off the file validation feature. If you enable this policy setting, file validation will be turned off. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, file validation will be turned on. Office Binary Documents (97-2003) are checked to see if they conform against the file format schema before they are opened.
Internal name
L_TurnOffFileValidation
Policy ID
2afbd622ea8f
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\security\filevalidation Value name enableonload | REG_DWORD | HKCU 0 | HKCU 1 |
Registry location
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\excel\security\filevalidation
Value name
enableonload
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.