Enable additional actions in Excel: registry value recognizesmarttagsUserHKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\excel\options

Policy ID: L_EnableAdditionalActionsInExcel
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 › Tools | AutoCorrect Options... (Excel, PowerPoint and Access) › Additional Actions

Registry

recognizesmarttags

REG_DWORDUser

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\excel\options Current key

Enabled value: 2
Disabled value: 0

Apply with .reg · CMD · PowerShell

.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\excel\options]

; Options (use only one)
; Enabled
"recognizesmarttags"=dword:00000002
; Disabled
"recognizesmarttags"=dword:00000000

CMD

:: Options (use only one)

:: Enabled
reg add "HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\excel\options" /v "recognizesmarttags" /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f
:: Disabled
reg add "HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\excel\options" /v "recognizesmarttags" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

PowerShell

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

# Options (use only one)
# Enabled
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\excel\options' -Name 'recognizesmarttags' -PropertyType DWord -Value 2 -Force | Out-Null
# Disabled
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\excel\options' -Name 'recognizesmarttags' -PropertyType DWord -Value 0 -Force | Out-Null