Policy

Disable password to open UI

This policy setting controls whether Office 2016 users can add password encryption to documents. (Users would access this feature in Microsoft Office tab--click Info, click Protect Document, then click Encrypt with Password.) If you enable this policy setting, users cannot password protect their 2016 Office documents. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users can encrypt their 2016 Office files with passwords.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Office
Category Microsoft Office 2016 / Security Settings
Policy ID 657a38953164
Internal name L_DisablepasswordtoopenUI

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\disablepasswordui (enabled) = 1
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\security\disablepasswordui (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting controls whether Office 2016 users can add password encryption to documents. (Users would access this feature in Microsoft Office tab--click Info, click Protect Document, then click Encrypt with Password.) If you enable this policy setting, users cannot password protect their 2016 Office documents. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users can encrypt their 2016 Office files with passwords.

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