Visio 5.0 or earlier Binary Drawings, Templates and Stencils
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Key metadata and intent for this policy.

User
Category
Microsoft Visio 2016 > Visio Options > Security > Trust Center > File Block Settings
Supported on
Windows7

This policy setting allows you to determine whether users can open or save Visio files with the format specified by the title of this policy setting. If you enable this policy setting, you can specify whether users can open or save files. The options that can be selected are below. Note: Not all options may be available for this policy setting. - Do not block: The file type will not be blocked. - Save blocked: Saving of the file type will be blocked. - Open/Save blocked: Both opening and saving of the file type will be blocked. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the file type will be blocked.

Internal name
L_Visio50AndEarlierFiles
Policy ID
d63f41f7ba4d
Elements
1

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

ScopeElementTypeRegistry mappingConstraints & behaviorCopy
User
File block setting:
ID L_Visio50AndEarlierFilesDropID
enum
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\visio\security\fileblock
Value name
visio50andearlierfiles
Type
REG_DWORD
Options: Do not block (0), Open/Save blocked (2)
File block setting:
User · Type enum
Registry mapping
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\visio\security\fileblock
Value name
visio50andearlierfiles
Type
REG_DWORD
Details
Options: Do not block (0), Open/Save blocked (2)