Policy
Disable the Office Start screen for Publisher
This policy setting controls whether the Office Start screen appears on boot for Publisher. If you enable this policy setting, users will not see the Office Start screen when they boot Publisher. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users will see the Office Start screen when they boot Publisher. 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.
181564a99076 L_DisableOfficeStartPublisher Registry
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HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\publisher\preferences\disableboottoofficestart (enabled) = 1
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\publisher\preferences\disableboottoofficestart (disabled) = 0 Policy notes
This policy setting controls whether the Office Start screen appears on boot for Publisher. If you enable this policy setting, users will not see the Office Start screen when they boot Publisher. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users will see the Office Start screen when they boot Publisher. 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.