Prompt for sending reviewed document to author: registry value prompttoreturnreviewbehaviorUserHKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\general

Policy ID: L_Promptforsendingrevieweddocumenttoauthor
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 Office 2016 › Collaboration Settings

Registry

prompttoreturnreviewbehavior

REG_DWORDUser

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\general Current key

Enabled value: Depends on the option value
Element: -

Options
Item	Stored value
Never ask user	2
Prompt for 'send for review'	1
Always prompt	0

Apply with .reg · CMD · PowerShell

.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\general]

; Options (use only one)
; Never ask user
"prompttoreturnreviewbehavior"=dword:00000002
; Prompt for 'send for review'
"prompttoreturnreviewbehavior"=dword:00000001
; Always prompt
"prompttoreturnreviewbehavior"=dword:00000000

CMD

:: Options (use only one)

:: Never ask user
reg add "HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\general" /v "prompttoreturnreviewbehavior" /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f
:: Prompt for 'send for review'
reg add "HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\general" /v "prompttoreturnreviewbehavior" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
:: Always prompt
reg add "HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\general" /v "prompttoreturnreviewbehavior" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

PowerShell

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

# Options (use only one)
# Never ask user
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\general' -Name 'prompttoreturnreviewbehavior' -PropertyType DWord -Value 2 -Force | Out-Null
# Prompt for 'send for review'
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\general' -Name 'prompttoreturnreviewbehavior' -PropertyType DWord -Value 1 -Force | Out-Null
# Always prompt
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\general' -Name 'prompttoreturnreviewbehavior' -PropertyType DWord -Value 0 -Force | Out-Null