Writing Assistance First Run Experience Mode: registry value writingassistantfirstrunexperienceadminchoiceUserHKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\writingassistant

Policy ID: L_WritingAssistantFirstRunExperienceAdminChoice
Scope: User Configuration
Supported on: -
Source: Microsoft 365 Apps / Office Administrative Templates (version 5568.1000)
Category: Microsoft Office 2016 › Writing Assistance

This policy setting controls the Writing Assistance first run experience (FRE).If you enable this policy setting, choose one of the following options:Skip FRE entirely - Writing Assistance marks the first run experience as completed without showing it.Informational only - Writing Assistance shows the first run experience once without requiring user approval or sign-in. The experience is marked completed immediately, uses Next on page 1 and Okay on page 2, removes No Thanks, and is still completed if the user dismisses it.Approval required - Writing Assistance keeps the existing approval-required first run experience behavior.If you disable or don’t configure this policy setting, Writing Assistance uses the existing default first run experience behavior.Note: This policy setting only applies to subscription versions of Office, such as Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise.

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Registry

writingassistantfirstrunexperienceadminchoice

REG_DWORDUser

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\writingassistant Current key

Enabled value: Depends on the option value
Element: Configure Writing Assistance First Run Experience Mode

Options
Item	Stored value
Skip FRE entirely	0
Informational only	1
Approval required	2

Apply with .reg · CMD · PowerShell

.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\writingassistant]

; Options (use only one)
; Skip FRE entirely
"writingassistantfirstrunexperienceadminchoice"=dword:00000000
; Informational only
"writingassistantfirstrunexperienceadminchoice"=dword:00000001
; Approval required
"writingassistantfirstrunexperienceadminchoice"=dword:00000002

CMD

:: Options (use only one)

:: Skip FRE entirely
reg add "HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\writingassistant" /v "writingassistantfirstrunexperienceadminchoice" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
:: Informational only
reg add "HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\writingassistant" /v "writingassistantfirstrunexperienceadminchoice" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
:: Approval required
reg add "HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\writingassistant" /v "writingassistantfirstrunexperienceadminchoice" /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f

PowerShell

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

# Options (use only one)
# Skip FRE entirely
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\writingassistant' -Name 'writingassistantfirstrunexperienceadminchoice' -PropertyType DWord -Value 0 -Force | Out-Null
# Informational only
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\writingassistant' -Name 'writingassistantfirstrunexperienceadminchoice' -PropertyType DWord -Value 1 -Force | Out-Null
# Approval required
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\writingassistant' -Name 'writingassistantfirstrunexperienceadminchoice' -PropertyType DWord -Value 2 -Force | Out-Null