Policy

Prevent showing New screen on launch

This policy setting allows you to prevent the New screen to be shown on launch of Visio. If you enable this policy setting, the New screen will not be shown on launch. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the New screen, including a catalog of templates, is shown when you open Visio.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Office
Category Microsoft Visio 2016 / Visio Options / Advanced / Display
Policy ID 95e0c7e2b41f
Internal name L_PreventShowingNewScreenOnLaunch

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\visio\application\showtemplatepanebydefault (enabled) = 0
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\visio\application\showtemplatepanebydefault (disabled) = 1

Policy notes

This policy setting allows you to prevent the New screen to be shown on launch of Visio. If you enable this policy setting, the New screen will not be shown on launch. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the New screen, including a catalog of templates, is shown when you open Visio.

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