Policy

Disable the Office Start screen for PowerPoint

This policy setting controls whether the Office Start screen appears on boot for PowerPoint. If you enable this policy setting, users will not see the Office Start screen when they boot PowerPoint. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users will see the Office Start screen when they boot PowerPoint. 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 PowerPoint 2016 / Miscellaneous
Policy ID b282c29e8463
Internal name L_DisableOfficeStartPowerPoint

Registry

Copy registry mappings

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

Policy notes

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