Disable the Office Start screen for Word
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User
Category
Microsoft Word 2016 > Miscellaneous
Supported on
Windows7

This policy setting controls whether the Office Start screen appears on boot for Word. If you enable this policy setting, users will not see the Office Start screen when they boot Word. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users will see the Office Start screen when they boot Word. Note: This policy setting is overridden by the policy setting "Microsoft Office 2016 > Miscellaneous > Disable the Office Start screen for all Office applications" if that policy setting is set.

Internal name
L_DisableOfficeStartWord
Policy ID
ed38e7f089a5
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

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

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