Policy
Do not show unread message count on Windows Welcome screen
By default, Windows queries Outlook for the unread message count for users and displays the result on the Windows Welcome screen. By enabling this setting, you can change this behavior so that Windows does not provide this feature on the Welcome screen.
PackMicrosoft Office
CategoryMicrosoft Outlook 2016 / Miscellaneous
Policy ID
26f21ace2ed8Internal name
L_DisableWindowsFriendlyLogonMailQueryRegistry
Copy registry mappings
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\dontupdatefriendlylogon (enabled) = 1
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\dontupdatefriendlylogon (disabled) = 0Policy notes
By default, Windows queries Outlook for the unread message count for users and displays the result on the Windows Welcome screen. By enabling this setting, you can change this behavior so that Windows does not provide this feature on the Welcome screen.
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