Policy

Prompt to allow fatally corrupt files to open instead of blocking them

Microsoft Office

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Prompt to allow fatally corrupt files to open instead of blocking them
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

User
Category
Microsoft Publisher 2016 > Security
Supported on
Windows7

When disabled, fatally corrupt files are prevented from opening. When enabled, the user is warned but may choose to open the file.By default, fatally corrupt files are prevented from opening.

Internal name
L_Preventfatallycorruptfilesfromopening
Policy ID
2d0cb2a58e9b
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
User
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\publisher
Value name
promptforbadfiles
REG_DWORD
HKCU
1
HKCU
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · User
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\publisher
Value name
promptforbadfiles
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.