Policy

Default task type

Specifies the default task type for new tasks. If you enable this setting, new tasks will be set to the type that you specified. If you disable or do not configure this setting, the user's default setting is used.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Office
Category Microsoft Project 2016 / Project Options / Schedule / Scheduling options for 'Project1'
Policy ID 783a3fe26454
Internal name L_PjDefaultTaskTypes

Registry

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HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\ms project\options\scheduling\default task type

Policy notes

Specifies the default task type for new tasks. If you enable this setting, new tasks will be set to the type that you specified. If you disable or do not configure this setting, the user's default setting is used.

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