Policy

Disable the Office Start screen for Excel

This policy setting controls whether the Office Start screen appears on boot for Excel. If you enable this policy setting, users will not see the Office Start screen when they boot Excel. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users will see the Office Start screen when they boot Excel. 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.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Office
Category Microsoft Excel 2016 / Miscellaneous
Policy ID d5514f7fc27c
Internal name L_DisableOfficeStartExcel

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\excel\options\disableboottoofficestart (enabled) = 1
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\excel\options\disableboottoofficestart (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting controls whether the Office Start screen appears on boot for Excel. If you enable this policy setting, users will not see the Office Start screen when they boot Excel. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users will see the Office Start screen when they boot Excel. 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.

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