reportsUserHKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\access\settings

Policy ID: L_Defaultdirection
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 › International

Registry

new tables/queries/forms/reports

REG_DWORDUser

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

Enabled value: Depends on the option value
Element: Default direction

Options
Item	Stored value
Left-to-Right	0
Right-to-left	1

Apply with .reg · CMD · PowerShell

.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

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

; Options (use only one)
; Left-to-Right
"new tables/queries/forms/reports"=dword:00000000
; Right-to-left
"new tables/queries/forms/reports"=dword:00000001

CMD

:: Options (use only one)

:: Left-to-Right
reg add "HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\access\settings" /v "new tables/queries/forms/reports" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
:: Right-to-left
reg add "HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\access\settings" /v "new tables/queries/forms/reports" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

PowerShell

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

# Options (use only one)
# Left-to-Right
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\access\settings' -Name 'new tables/queries/forms/reports' -PropertyType DWord -Value 0 -Force | Out-Null
# Right-to-left
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\access\settings' -Name 'new tables/queries/forms/reports' -PropertyType DWord -Value 1 -Force | Out-Null