Exchange Unicode Mode - Turn off ANSI mode
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User
Category
Microsoft Outlook 2016 > Account Settings > Exchange
Supported on
Windows7

This policy setting controls the creation of ANSI OST files. If you enable or do not configure this policy setting, new ANSI OST files cannot be created. If you disable this policy setting, all new OST files for an Outlook profile are created in ANSI format. Profiles with multiple Exchange accounts will always create Unicode OST files, regardless of this policy setting.

Internal name
L_ExchangeUnicodeModeTurnOffANSI
Policy ID
82247e6e6875
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

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

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