Policy
Disable the Office Start screen for Word
Microsoft Office
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
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.
| Scope | Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| User | Path software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options Value name disableboottoofficestart | REG_DWORD | HKCU 1 | HKCU 0 |
Registry location
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options
Value name
disableboottoofficestart
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.