Policy
Turn off Protected View for attachments opened from Outlook
Microsoft Office
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
This policy setting allows you to determine if Word files in Outlook attachments open in Protected View. If you enable this policy setting, Outlook attachments do not open in Protected View. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Outlook attachments open in Protected View.
Internal name
L_TurnOffProtectedViewForAttachmentsOpenedFromOutlook
Policy ID
56e1f4a6b92f
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\security\protectedview Value name disableattachmentsinpv | REG_DWORD | HKCU 1 | HKCU 0 |
Registry location
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\security\protectedview
Value name
disableattachmentsinpv
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.