Disable password to open UI
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

User
Category
Microsoft Office 2016 > Security Settings
Supported on
Windows7

This policy setting controls whether Office 2016 users can add password encryption to documents. (Users would access this feature in Microsoft Office tab--click Info, click Protect Document, then click Encrypt with Password.) If you enable this policy setting, users cannot password protect their 2016 Office documents. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users can encrypt their 2016 Office files with passwords.

Internal name
L_DisablepasswordtoopenUI
Policy ID
657a38953164
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
User
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security
Value name
disablepasswordui
REG_DWORD
HKCU
1
HKCU
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · User
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security
Value name
disablepasswordui
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

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