Policy

Attachment Reminder Options

This policy setting governs the enabling or disabling of the Attachment Reminder feature in Outlook. If you enable or do not configure this policy setting, when a user sends an email, Outlook looks for any references to attachments in the email, and if no attachments are found, displays a dialog box to alert the user. If you disable this policy setting, Outlook does not check for any references to attachments, and the Attachment Reminder dialog box does not pop up.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Office
Category Microsoft Outlook 2016 / Outlook Options / Preferences / E-mail Options
Policy ID adaf1b70b028
Internal name L_CheckForgottenAttachments

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\mailsettings\checkforgottenattachments (enabled) = 1
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\mailsettings\checkforgottenattachments (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting governs the enabling or disabling of the Attachment Reminder feature in Outlook. If you enable or do not configure this policy setting, when a user sends an email, Outlook looks for any references to attachments in the email, and if no attachments are found, displays a dialog box to alert the user. If you disable this policy setting, Outlook does not check for any references to attachments, and the Attachment Reminder dialog box does not pop up.

Related policies

Change CTRL+ENTER shortcut behaviorConfigure Cross Folder Content in conversation viewDisable Mail TipsDisplay Sender PictureDo not allow attachment previewing in OutlookDo not use Conversation arrangement in ViewsMailTips bar display options