Policy

Open Office document directly in Office application

This policy setting allows you to choose whether Office documents located on web servers open directly in the registered application or through the web browser. If you enable this policy setting, files will open directly in the associated Office application, bypassing the web browser. If you disable this policy setting files will open through the web browser.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Office
Category Microsoft Office 2016 / Tools | Options | General | Web Options... / Files
Policy ID 52dfc3806a53
Internal name L_OpenOfficeDocumentDirectlyInOfficeApplication

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\internet\opendirectlyinapp (enabled) = 1
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\internet\opendirectlyinapp (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting allows you to choose whether Office documents located on web servers open directly in the registered application or through the web browser. If you enable this policy setting, files will open directly in the associated Office application, bypassing the web browser. If you disable this policy setting files will open through the web browser.

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