Underline hyperlinks: registry value donotunderlinehyperlinks (internet)UserHKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\access\internet

Policy ID: L_Underlinehyperlinks
Scope: User Configuration
Supported on: At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
Source: Microsoft 365 Apps / Office Administrative Templates (version 5568.1000)
Category: Microsoft Access 2016 › Application Settings › Web Options... › General

This policy setting controls whether hyperlinks in Access tables, queries, forms, and reports are underlined.

If you enable this policy setting, Access underlines all hyperlinks in tables, queries, forms, and reports when they are created, overriding any configuration changes on the users' computers.

If you disable this policy setting, Access does not underline hyperlinks in tables, queries, forms and reports.

If you do not configure this policy setting, Access underlines hyperlinks that appear in tables, queries, forms, and reports.

Enabling this policy setting enforces the default configuration in Access, and is therefore unlikely to cause a significant usability issue for most users. If this configuration is changed, users might click on dangerous hyperlinks without realizing it, which could pose a security risk.

See the full description on the Group Policy page ›

Registry

donotunderlinehyperlinks

REG_DWORDUser

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\access\internet Current key

Enabled value: 0
Disabled value: 1

Apply with .reg · CMD · PowerShell

.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\access\internet]

; Options (use only one)
; Enabled
"donotunderlinehyperlinks"=dword:00000000
; Disabled
"donotunderlinehyperlinks"=dword:00000001

CMD

:: Options (use only one)

:: Enabled
reg add "HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\access\internet" /v "donotunderlinehyperlinks" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
:: Disabled
reg add "HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\access\internet" /v "donotunderlinehyperlinks" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

PowerShell

# Common: create the key
New-Item -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\access\internet' -Force | Out-Null

# Options (use only one)
# Enabled
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\access\internet' -Name 'donotunderlinehyperlinks' -PropertyType DWord -Value 0 -Force | Out-Null
# Disabled
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\access\internet' -Name 'donotunderlinehyperlinks' -PropertyType DWord -Value 1 -Force | Out-Null