Policy

Show the File Format dialog

This policy setting allows you to control whether the file format dialog has already been shown to the user. If you enable this policy setting, the dialog won't be shown again. If you disable this policy setting, the dialog prompts the user to select a default file format on each boot until one is selected. If you don't configure this policy setting, the dialog prompts the user to select a default file format on each boot until one is selected.

Policy
PackMicrosoft Office
CategoryMicrosoft Office 2016 / Privacy / Trust Center
Policy IDc8dcd40fd62f
Internal nameL_ShownFileFmtPrompt

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\registration\shownfilefmtpromptpolicy (enabled) = 1
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\registration\shownfilefmtpromptpolicy (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting allows you to control whether the file format dialog has already been shown to the user. If you enable this policy setting, the dialog won't be shown again. If you disable this policy setting, the dialog prompts the user to select a default file format on each boot until one is selected. If you don't configure this policy setting, the dialog prompts the user to select a default file format on each boot until one is selected.

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