Policy
New tasks have estimated durations
Specifies that all new tasks have estimated durations. If you enable this setting, all new tasks will require estimated durations. If you disable or do not configure this setting, the user's default setting is used.
PackMicrosoft Office
CategoryMicrosoft Project 2016 / Project Options / Schedule / Scheduling options for 'Project1'
Policy ID
84292888baeeInternal name
L_PjNewTasksEstDurationsRegistry
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HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\ms project\options\scheduling\new tasks have estimated durations (enabled) = 1
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\ms project\options\scheduling\new tasks have estimated durations (disabled) = 0Policy notes
Specifies that all new tasks have estimated durations. If you enable this setting, all new tasks will require estimated durations. If you disable or do not configure this setting, the user's default setting is used.
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