Policy
Do not show unread message count on Windows Welcome screen
Microsoft Office
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
By default, Windows queries Outlook for the unread message count for users and displays the result on the Windows Welcome screen. By enabling this setting, you can change this behavior so that Windows does not provide this feature on the Welcome screen.
Internal name
L_DisableWindowsFriendlyLogonMailQuery
Policy ID
26f21ace2ed8
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\outlook Value name dontupdatefriendlylogon | REG_DWORD | HKCU 1 | HKCU 0 |
Registry location
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook
Value name
dontupdatefriendlylogon
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.