Policy
Edits to total task % complete will be spread to the status date
Distributes the changes to total percent complete evenly across the schedule to the project status date (or to the current date if you haven't specified a project status date). If you enable this setting, edits to total task percent complete are evenly distributed across the schedule up to the status date. If you disable or do not configure this setting, the user's default setting is used.
e544e7642765 L_PjEditstoTotalTask Registry
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HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\ms project\options\calculation\edits to total task %complete will be spread to the status date (enabled) = 1
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\ms project\options\calculation\edits to total task %complete will be spread to the status date (disabled) = 0 Policy notes
Distributes the changes to total percent complete evenly across the schedule to the project status date (or to the current date if you haven't specified a project status date). If you enable this setting, edits to total task percent complete are evenly distributed across the schedule up to the status date. If you disable or do not configure this setting, the user's default setting is used.